high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
boring; dull; uninteresting
high; noble; refined; advanced
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
stimulating; exciting; provocative
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
competition; rivalry; feeling that something is worth the effort; motivation; enthusiasm
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
to run around; to bustle about
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
courteous; decorous; polite
only; merely; but; no more than
at once; immediately; right now
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
castration; neutering; gelding; enervation; emasculation; taming
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
gathering; mixer; meetup; assembly; social; exchange meeting
life and death; life or death
insubordination; disobedience
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism