meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
(police) detective; criminal matter
abuser (of a person or animal)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
testimony; (verbal) evidence
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
copulation (among animals); mating; treading; covering; serving
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
unanticipated; unexpected
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
inside; interior; inner part
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
one's way (ahead); one's path
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
to lose sight of; to miss
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
to run out (e.g. of the room)
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic