selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
pink (colour, color); peach
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
slurring (of speech); indistinctly; inarticulately
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
to hold firmly in one's mouth; to clamp down on with one's teeth; to bring (a man) in (for sexual purposes); to lure in
abundant; rich; ripe; mellow
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view
one's only good clothes (suit, dress, etc.); one's only suit of clothes; one's best clothes; one's Sunday best
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); icky; to stick closely
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
made-to-order (esp. clothing); custom-made; tailor-made; bespoke
meaning; called; named; that says; that
stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
that field; the authorities (esp. the police); the yakuza; organized crime circles
strong person; the strong; the powerful
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
position; job; employment; opening
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
after that (a substantive change occurred)
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing