beautification; cleaning up; tidiying; glorification; idealization; romanticizing
material; materials; data; information; documents
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
sympathy; compassion; pity
two times; twice; two degrees
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
to breathe while sleeping
brown envelope; manila envelope
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
unavoidable; inevitable; inescapable; hopeless; beyond help
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
personal history; background; career
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to concern; to be related
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
newspaper story (article, account)
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
husband and wife; married couple
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration