to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness)
single-handedly (usu. of a male raising children); on one's own; as a single father
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
infancy; childhood; tender age
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
to keep in mind; to memorize
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
being second to none; being in a league of one's own
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
battlefield; battleground
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
black terracotta; black soil
to trample (down); to crush (by trampling); to ravage
to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
dying breath; dying whisper; being at death's door
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to push away; to push aside; to shove
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)