My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor
to find fault with; to question
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
cherishing one's children; doting; adoring parent
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
position; location; base; point; site
doing whatever one pleases
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
hostility; animosity; enmity
one after another; in succession
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough