water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
tendency; trend; inclination
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
fuel consumption; gas mileage
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
protracted war; war of attrition
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
exploitation; overuse; abuse
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
very low (deep, cold, etc.); ultra-; infra-; hyper-
orders; instructions; directive; command
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although