to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to get angry; to snap
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
very rich person; the super rich
influential person; man of importance
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
financial power; financial means; wealth
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
generous; magnanimous; open-handed; liberal
source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison
observation; survey; watching
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
hard worker; hardworking person
and yet; despite (all) that
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
pendant (jewelry); pendant (light)
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
moderation; self-restraint; temperance
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
sticky; gummy; gooey; tenacious; persistent; dogged
pure heart; naivete; innocence
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
living thing; living creature; animal; life
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
shrill whistling sound; reddening or brightening slightly; rush of blood to the head
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
gossip; corner of the mouth
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
time around sunset; early evening
to head home; to leave for home
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
to overflow; to brim over; to flood