sons and daughters; children; girl
forced laugh; forced smile
strong-willed; strong of heart
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted; to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
one's house; one's home; one's family
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
weak point; unskillfulness
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
bridal costume; wedding dress
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
concession; conciliation; compromise
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
rule violation; rule infraction; infringement of the rules
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)
to crawl out of; to creep out of
co-existence and co-prosperity
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
roofed corridor connecting two buildings; connecting passageway; skyway; skybridge; skywalk