hello; good day; good afternoon
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
relatively; comparatively
family-oriented; familial
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
prevention; precaution; protection against
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
in this way; thus; such; uh...
business trip; official trip
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
beginning; outset; first; onset
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma