that's the way it is; such is life
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
how many years; how long; what year
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
father; dad; husband; you; he
company; corporation; workplace
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
difference; variation; difference
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
busy; having no (free) time
meaning; significance; sense
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)