designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
trio; gang of three; threesome
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
rebound; relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight; return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
reset; fresh start; new beginning
sanity; consciousness; soberness
friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
with a start; with a jump
university student; college student
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
review (of learned material); revision
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
in that way; like that; that way
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
existence; possession; having; limited company
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
family structure; family composition; family makeup
one's family (home) background (environment)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
(period of) a year; during an era
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
desperation; despair; self-abandonment