crummy; shabby; petty; lousy; puny; cheap
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
simple; easy; simplistic; inexpensive; cheap
ability to think up names; knack for naming things
having an ancient and honorable origin; of good lineage; of noble birth
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
mockery; derision; ridicule
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
intellectual standard; how intelligent one is
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
wages; pay; rental payment
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
blip bleep; in short repeated movements
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
to lean against; to set against
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
to sell at a loss; to sell cheaply; to sell off; to dispose (of)
balance; difference (in price, cost); margin
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
to fall off; to tumble down
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to cramp; to be cramped; to get a cramp (in)
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
galloping around on a horse; running around; making every effort (to do); exerting oneself
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
stolen goods; stolen article; loot; spoils
one grain; one drop; one bead
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)