bundle; control; management
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
prognosis; aftereffects; recuperation; convalescence
man's weeping (esp. someone not prone to tears)
personage; person (deserving of respect)
hand net; dip net; scoop net
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
to agree; to assent; to consent; to obey; to conform
national crisis; national disaster
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
capable of anything; liable to do
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
pull; patronage; tug; discount
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
beautiful woman; pretty girl
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
on the cheap side; comparatively cheap; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score
background chatter on a film, TV show, etc.; walla; rhubard; extras; background actors
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
... and westward; west of
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
to make a person's blood run cold
profiting while others fight
thoroughly; carefully; deliberately; seriously; fully