Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to say no more; to sink into silence
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
final game; final games; the finals
climax; peak; zenith; apex
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
steel; sword steel; sword
big man; large man; tall man; giant
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)