business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
not worth mentioning; nothing special; nothing in particular; no notable ...
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
outward appearance; apparent
to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
the West; the Occident; Western countries
jam-packed; packed in like sardines
interests and preferences
statue; picture; picture revealing character
bacterium; bacteria; germ
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
just like; the same as; no different than
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
dealt hand consisting of one 20-point card and six 1-point cards; outstanding; standing out above the rest
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
in session; in progress; under way; open
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
to obtain results through legwork; to walk around to gather information; to rely on active effort
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)