to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
woman who forced her husband into marriage
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
outward appearance; looks
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to grieve; to lament; to deplore; to admire; to sigh in admiration
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to give; to do (something) for
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
to lose one's senses (over); to be out of one's mind (over); to be completely captivated (by); to be smitten; to be engrossed (in)
that's not my concern; that's none of my business; that's not on me
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
maintenance; preservation; improvement
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
chance (of success); odds
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky