snivel; nasal mucus; snot
retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
to throw down the drain; to waste
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
counting on the abacus; cost-benefit calculation; profit calculation
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
gelatinous glue (usu. from animal and fish bones, hide, etc.)
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
spitting image; dead ringer; exact resemblance
good-looking; fair; beautiful
studhorse; stallion; breeding horse
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
looks; features; (personal) appearance
(excessive) flattery; smarminess; fawning
Wu (Chinese emperor); Butei
administration; government; administrator; consul (of the French republic; 1799-1804)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. lie); specious; seemingly truthful
descendant; scion; lineage
immediate follower (of the shogun)
source of revenue; financial supporter
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree