painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
book; volume; this; present; main; head
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
had better ...; had better not ...
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily