discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
you could say; you might say; verging on the
practical problem; practical matter
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
society; public; community; social studies
several years; a few years
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
to subsist; to keep on living
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
one's family (home) background (environment)
(one acting as a) foster parent
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
rebellious phase; rebellious age
spirit of self-reliance; feeling of independence
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
stability; steadiness; equilibrium