to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to go into labor; to go into labour
large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
running as fast as one can
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
transcendence; excellence; superiority
navigation; (car) navigation system; navigator
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
pregnancy; conception; gestation
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
leaving school during a term
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
single-mother household; fatherless family
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia
to hang (something) on the wall
tick-tock; tick-tack; sound of clock