pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to sell off; to sell completely
accounting; administration (of money)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
rather; better; instead; if anything
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
husband and wife; married couple
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
father and mother; parents
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife); younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number