complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
second marriage; remarriage
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
death from disease; death from illness
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
caller; visitor; company; guest
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
superior; excellent; fine
article; thing; object; property; real estate
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
to order; to command; to appoint
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts