home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
for your information; I'm telling you
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
to speak; to say; to vocalize
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
tedious; boring; being fed up with
memories; recollections; reminiscence
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and