careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
future (usually near); prospects
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to examine; to check; to inspect
had better ...; had better not ...
had better ...; had better not ...
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
price; cost; value; worth; value
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
large amount of money; great cost
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living