hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
provisional; temporary; tentative
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
leaving or staying; (one's) course of action; (one's) position; (one's) attitude
at the last moment; this late in the game
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
mixed race; mixed parentage
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
patient; having a long fuse
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
entire world; whole world; world stage
meritocracy; merit system
(a person's) family background; lineage
object of romantic interest
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
stork (esp. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana)
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
health and physical education
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
completely naked; in one's birthday suit
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
retry; another try; another go
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked