(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to mind; to care; to worry
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
reinforcement; strengthening
to sell off; to sell completely
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
Thebae; Thebae (Greece); Thebai; Thebes
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
act of disobedience (betrayal); violation; breach; infraction; infringement
intimidation; threat; bluster
to devour; to bite to death
strike (i.e. industrial action)
infancy; childhood; tender age
time; age; chance; moment; occasion
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
disclosure; exposure; revelation
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
haughty; holding one's head high
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
individual; one by one; separate; each
trivial; not amounting to much
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument