suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
now that; since; so long as; because
to be worried; to be troubled
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
to go out and away; to leave
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
(state of) unconsciousness
to carry into (esp. an injured person into a hospital); to take into; to bring into
to cry one's eyes out; to make one's eyes swollen from crying
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
I see; that's right; indeed
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
to get hungry; to become hungry
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
preface; introduction; preamble
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest