century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to fail; to screw up; to stuff up
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
tedious; boring; being fed up with
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
to govern; to manage; to subdue
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
upper side (go, chess, othello board)
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
trouble; quarrel; dispute
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
truth is stranger than fiction
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
the same kind; accomplice; partner
to sniff out; to get wind of
to eat too much of something; to overbook
with a bump; with a clunk; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to mesh (of gears); (fig.) to be in sync (of people, organizations, etc.)