plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
people; men and women; each person; everybody
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
like this; this sort; this way
you get what you pay for; cheap and nasty
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
maker; builder; creator; farmer
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
self-interested show of kindness; acting selfishly under the guise of kindness
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to be deeply impressed (by); to be moved (by); to admire greatly
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
how much; how many; to what extent
that's the way it is; such is life
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to push (something) against
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
(opening of a) wound; cut
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
to half-rise to one's feet
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji