your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
each house; every house; house to house; door to door
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
action committee; executive committee
division of work; sharing out the work; splitting into groups (e.g. to search for someone); separating into parties
big problem; major issue; big controversy
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
shibori; tie-dye; aperture; aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
even if not; even without
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
to do (a person) good; to bring profit
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
sharp increase; sudden rise
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)