disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
hegemony; leadership; initiative
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
river; stream; River; the ... river
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
credit; credit sale; selling on a (monthly) installment plan (instalment); credit card; credit titles (of a film, TV show, etc.); credits; (giving) credits (to the creator, copyright holder, etc.)
getting; obtaining; winning; scoring (in ice hockey, basketball, etc.)
nine times; twisting around many times
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
one more time; once more; once again
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
hole; hole; cup; (electron) hole
fall; drop; descent; coming down
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
triumphant pose (assumed by an athlete, etc.)