painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
February; second month of the lunar calendar
lidded; covered; container with a lid
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
until now; so far; up to the present
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
vibrator; vibe; feeling; vibes; vibraphone; vibration
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
heart attack; myocardial infarction
considerably; greatly; a lot
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
first thing in the morning
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to pass (of time); to elapse
samue; monk's working clothes
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition