to wear glasses; to put on glasses
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
as a child; when one was a child
decision of a contest; finals
elopement; running away with a lover
writing on someone's behalf
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
vocational school; technical school
office hours; business hours; working hours
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
to cry and shout; to scream
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
large build; large pattern
boy; son; baby boy; young man
beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist
older sister; elder sister
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to