only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
memories; recollections; reminiscence
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
human relations; personal relationships
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
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)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
government office; public office
financial support; funding; support fund; subvention
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
that is to say; so that means
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
because of; owing to; due to