sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
to quit one's job; to resign
confronting directly; meeting face-to-face
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
largehearted; frank; unaffected
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
using a new brush for the first time; doing something for the first time; man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
anger; getting angry; taking offense; losing one's temper
overhand throw; overhand pitch; overhand delivery
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
killing time; staving off boredom
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
in; on; at; during; in the condition of
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck