honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
living thing; organism; creature; biology
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
failure; mistake; blunder
since then; from that time; ever since
throat lozenge; cough drop
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
dental brushing; brushing one's teeth; dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder
cool sensation from passing air; cool and refreshing (aftertaste); sound of air leaking; sound of a sleeper's breath
eating; bite (in fishing)
trauma (usu. psychological)
to grow up; to become an adult
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
piece; fragment; one (object)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
indirection; indirectness
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of