grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to comfort; to console; to amuse
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
such ... as; or some such
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
ago; since; before; previous
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to be frank; to drop all pretense
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
probability; likelihood; chances
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
if so; in that case; in that situation
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love