stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
generation; the world; the age
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
willpower; energy; vitality
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
to smash; to break into pieces
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to do someone in; to bump someone off
have it your way; to hell with you!; get rooted!; bugger you!
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
equipment; device; installation; stage setting