job; work; duties; trade; skill
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
flood of emotions; many thoughts
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
don't you think?; indicates question
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
instant; moment; for an instant
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to roll about with laughter; to laugh heartily
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death