creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
loss of virginity (of a female); defloration; deflowering
to cross the line; to go too far
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
after childbirth; postpartum
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
freshly squeezed (juice); freshly milked; freshly extracted
milk; infant formula; formula; condensed milk
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
society; company; the public; the world
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
secret communication (with the enemy); collusion; betrayal; adultery; (extramarital) affair
seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
feel; touch; manner (towards others); most impressive part; best part; beginning
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
such ... as; or some such
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
all present; all concerned; all of us
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
rubbish; trash; garbage; worthless thing
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
bringing; taking; carrying
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
worm; insect; insignificant person; pathetic person