silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
to amuse oneself; to make merry
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
adopting a son-in-law into one's family; marrying off one's daughter
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
official business; public business
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
on the other hand; at the same time
spite; frustration; vexation
to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover
feeling of alienation; sense of being excluded; feeling of estrangement
(appearing, occurring) one after another
with a light pull; with a gentle tug; with a small motion
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
ignorance; inexperience; unfamiliarity
plan; scheme; stratagem; plot; trick
malicious; deliberately mean
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)
parent-child relationship
changing again and again; seesawing back and forth; being in a state of flux
(a) slight; disrespect; making light (of); neglect
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
selection; choice; screening