labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); third string of a koto (counting from the player's near side)
after construction; after building; since construction
drawing water from river or lake; water intake
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
water system; river system; drainage system
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one; near-completeness; near-perfection; ninety-nine percent (finished, etc.)
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
greater metropolitan area; megalopolis; conurbation
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
particularly; only; in the case of
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
have to do; must; should; ought to
official announcement; proclamation
not officially announced; non-public; unpublished
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
lady (of high social status; e.g. scholar, artist, critic, politician); Ms; Mrs; Miss
(another's) daughter; young lady
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
election campaign strategy; election tactics
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
favorite phrase; favourite phrase; byword; something one always talks about
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
having serious consequences; costing dearly; cannot get away with it; for free; for nothing; easily
two halves of the whole; two wheels on which everything rolls
key word; key phrase; clue; keyword; search term; index term
to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style