to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
loitering on the way; wayside grass
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
water caltrop (esp. Trapa japonica); water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan
decentralization of power; decentralisation of power
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
deflection; deviation; variation; declination; drift
country; territory; domain; realm
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to go ahead; to pull ahead
organizational capability; organisational capability
ability to get things done
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
tediously (explain, complain, etc.); repeatedly; persistently; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
entering a faith; joining a religion
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
grandfather; male senior-citizen
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
nice; likeable; desirable
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services