maintenance; preservation; improvement
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to spend time (on doing something)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
bet; wager; stake; gamble
high efficiency; high performance
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
anything and everything; just about everything
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
metallic sound; metallic clank
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
to hold fast; to protect to the end
to triumph; to be elated with success
having a poor endgame; failing at the final stage; missing at the last turn; slacking off at the end
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation