leadership; initiative; spearhead
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
instead; but (on the other hand)
something; some kind of; for some reason
bunch of flowers; bouquet
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
retention; maintenance; preservation
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
survival; survivor; relic
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
have a good day; take care; see you
to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit; to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
first Bon Festival following the death of a family member
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
to be at a loss for words
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
excellent plan; best policy
hastily made; improvised preparation
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge