to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
standing at attention; standing stiffly upright
(soft) fiberboard; fibreboard; cloth; fabric; tex (unit of linear mass density of fibres)
idle talk; chit-chat; gossip
to kneel (in respect); to genuflect
honour; honor; glory; privilege
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
long hair (usu. of a man)
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
black beard; noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
confections; sweets; candy; cake
long time; several hours; long spell
screen; curtain; raster; room divider; partition wall
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
three generations; three periods; third generation
to stand on ceremony; to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
with a click; with a snap
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less