coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
everyday life; daily life
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
minority group (party); minority
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
calming down; quieting down
at that time; in those days
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
covered with; stained; smeared
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
bedside; near one's pillow
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to be manageable; to be able to handle
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
another thing; exception; special case
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
long ago; a long time ago; already
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
gag order; gag rule; gag law
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to be widely recognized; to be famous
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to be cheap; to be inexpensive