carving; engraving; chiselled features
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
(a feeling of) identification (with); sense of belonging
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter
desperation; self-abandonment
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
authority; power; influence
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
income; receipts; revenue
counting one's chickens before they've hatched; (lit.) counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
writing implement; writing tool
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
multiple choice (e.g. question)
stubbornness; pigheaded person; miser
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
estimation; criticism; comment
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
constitution; rules; regulation
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
initial opening (esp. of a temple)
common person; foolish commoner
strikeout; (several) vain attempts; failing despite giving one's best
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
fear; dread; fright; willies
woodworking; woodworker; carpenter
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)
scrap lumber; piece of wood
New Year's Eve; end of the year