to speak ill of; to disparage
job; work; duties; trade; skill
godparents; foster parents
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
anything and everything; just about everything
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to have an eye on; to zero in on
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
odds and ends; all; every
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
sour look; surly face; pout
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
social life; social intercourse
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
normal duties; (one's) regular work
to make one's rounds; to patrol
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
serious; severe; grave; acute
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
corridor; hallway; passageway
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
another; different; something else
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)