undressing; taking off one's clothes
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
even though things may appear this way
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
genius; prodigy; natural gift
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
conference room; council room
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge