meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
this is why; this means; it is the case that
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to take a breath; to take a short rest
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
indicate reason; infers some protest
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to approach; to draw near
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
furious facial expression
to wet oneself; to be miserly; to be stingy
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
way (of doing); manner; method; means