speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to take over; to hand over
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
day after day; day by day
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
in one's own way or style
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
idly; sluggishly; doing nothing
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
the place for; the time for; the level of
Her Majesty the Empress (of Japan)
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to trample; to crush underfoot
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful