praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
without permission; without notice
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
because of; owing to; due to
to gain nothing; to be of no benefit; to be no use; to be unprofitable
insolent fellow; rude fellow
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
regular customer; valued client
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
nothing but; none other than
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
together with; same; both; all; including ...
curious; strange; unusual
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
of course; certainly; naturally