impossible; unlikely; improbable
to fight against; to oppose; to face
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
emergency food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
watering hole; watering place
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
bed and food; eating and sleeping
to do together; to share; to participate in
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
profound; deep; unfathomable
crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
deodorant; deodorizer; air freshener
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired