daytime; during the day; Japan and China
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
had better ...; had better not ...
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to be reflected in a mirror
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
as a child; when one was a child
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
figure; body shape; build; physique; form
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
no matter how much time passes
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
reproachful; hateful; bitter
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread