gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; (lit.) even the verdict of hell is determined by money
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
redoing; doing over again
diligent; hardworking; healthy; well; faithful; honest
scratch; graze; scrape; abrasion
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
killing and wounding; bloodshed
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; component stereo system
to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help; to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother
different opinion; objection
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
Jizō (esp. statue); Kshitigarbha; Ksitigarbha
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
age range; age-group; age bracket
buzzing (e.g. of insects); chirring; whirring (e.g. of a reel); humming (of electronics); hissing