prefab; prefabricated house
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
proper; respectable; decent; honest
part; portion; glimpse; bit
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
old woman; joker (in old maid)
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour
distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
self-control; self-restraint
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliché
same generation; one's generation
average; ordinary; normal
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
large hospital; major hospital
exclusive; attached to; specialist
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.; clean-freak
sense of values; values; value system
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way