final; eventual; ultimate
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to make one's rounds; to patrol
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
as far as the eye can see
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
puddle of blood; pool of blood
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
in the same way as; just like
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
duty; obligation; responsibility
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface