thrifty person; frugal person; economizer
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
drinking water; potable water
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
evenly; equably; in an uniform and orderly fashion
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
jet; spray; injection; jet propulsion
water (hydraulic) pressure
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
quantity or volume of water
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
opening fully; full throttle; full power
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
someone who is in their element; (lit.) fish that has found water
to blow out; to spout out
wetting; love affair; lover
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet