the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
fee; charge; rate; material
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
complete stranger; total stranger
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
finance business; moneylending business
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
employment; starting work
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation
tactic of avoiding hitting the ball (e.g. to tire out the pitcher); waiting; holding back; refraining
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
but; however; provided that
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine