to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
(main) point; gist; key points; essentials; substance; summary
preface; introduction; preamble
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
not yet known; unknown; strange
minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
incommunicative; taciturn
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
regret; repentance; remorse
leaving (e.g. a courtroom, workplace); exiting; withdrawal (e.g. from a superior's presence)
living room (Western style); sitting room
courtesy call; courtesy visit
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
every person; each one; everybody
large quantities of alcohol; heavy drinking; heavy drinker
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile (of soil); to be discerning (of one's palate, eye, ear, etc.); to be discriminating; to become rich
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
white hair; grey hair; gray hair