characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
income; receipts; revenue
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
cleaner; janitor; (arch.) night soil gatherer
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
two legs; two feet; two pairs
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
general idea; concept; notion
balance; difference (in price, cost); margin
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
spine; backbone; spinal column
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
battle formation; disposition of troops
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
another; different; separate; discrete
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant