straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
single word; a few words; brief comment
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
cost of one's food; one's board
of no concern; nothing; trivial; (lit.) not even a fart
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
mending; repair; darning; patching up
moment; brief space of time
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
society; the world; the times
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
occupational ability; function; role
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
long ago; already; a long time ago
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to complete decisively; to do to completion
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
because of; owing to; due to
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to live; to make a living; to get on with
a person without a single relative
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to become attached; to begin to love