one's family; family member
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
snowballing (phenomenon, effect)
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
conduction (of heat or electricity); transmission (of light or sound); conduction (of a nerve impulse)
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
heresy; nonconformism; heathenism; paganism
unanimity; unanimous consent; unanimous agreement
feeling of alienation; sense of being excluded; feeling of estrangement
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
inscrutable; incomprehensible
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
reinforcement; strengthening
to thrust away; to send flying
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
summary; recapitulation; aggregation
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
expression; look; countenance; face
(radio, TV) license fee; licence fee
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to triumph; to be elated with success