with a great deal of effort; laboriously
health; healthy; sound; fit
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
door; gate; opening; title page
large number (of); many; majority
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
outsider; someone outside of a group
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
smallish; on the small side
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
carving; engraving; sculpture
air of luxury; high class feel
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
to form a pair; to pair up
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer
history of; experience of
craftsman; skilled artisan
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
sweatshirt; sweatpants; sweats; sweat
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
whispered conversation; whispering
carving; engraving; chiselled features
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs