lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
bad influence; negative influence
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
to pull in (fish); to land
calmly; peacefully; painlessly; comfortably
space; interval; space character; whitespace
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
than; other than; except; but
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
brown envelope; manila envelope
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
first meeting; first interview with
living by oneself; living alone
You'll pay for this!; You'd better keep your mouth shut!
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
physical condition; state of health
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
malignant tumor; malignant tumour
terminal care; end-of-life care
tumor; tumour; neoplasm; neoplasia
tumour; tumor; growth; boil; ulcer; abscess
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul