thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
to chase; to run after; to pursue
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
explanation; interpretation
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
poor doctor; inept doctor; quack
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
to make one feel grateful
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
when looked at in that way
precocity; early ripening; premature development
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course