to accept; to receive; to agree
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to be able to manage somehow or another
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
middle of the night; dead of night
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to talk to oneself; to mutter
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
how many years; how long; what year
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life