paste; glue; clothing starch
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
refining; purification; careful manufacture
consumption; expenditure; spending
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
bolt from the blue; great surprise
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
countenance; features; looks
soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
adoration; admiration; devotion
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
how far; to what extent; up to what point
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
sense of values; values; value system
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
firm; solid; steady; secure; unshakeable; unwavering
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
eloquence or flattery designed to deceive
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
fiction; fabrication; concoction
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
to expel (from the body); to let off (a fart); to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.); to say; to do
boisterously; roughly; briskly
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow