natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
dream for the future; hopes for the future
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
single-mother household; fatherless family
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
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one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
future (usually near); prospects
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
all; entire; whole; altogether
(phenomenon of) precession of the equinoxes
marriage between partners of very different ages; May-December marriage
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point