housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
being absorbed in reading
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to care for someone; to look after someone
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
family restaurant (varied menu options, inexpensive); casual dining restaurant
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
society; the world; the times
unfairness; injustice; partiality
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to have a talk; to tell a story
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
feeling of envy; jealous feeling