one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
serious look (on one's face); straight face
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
silence; stillness; quietness
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
groan; moan; growl; roar; hum (of a machine, power lines, etc.); drone (e.g. of an engine)
hierarchical relationship; superior-subordinate relationship; senior-junior relationship
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
looking after a baby; taking care of a baby; babysitting; babysitter
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
number two; mistress; concubine
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)