mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
still; even now; to this day
frivolous; flippant; superficial; flattery; (insincere) compliments
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
family breakdown; family disintegration; collapse of one's family
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
preface; introduction; preamble
being startled; getting a shock
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
at work; in the midst of work; working
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
doer; performer; shite; protagonist; speculator