earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
successively; one after another
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
Mongolian spot; Mongolian blue spot; congenital dermal melanocytosis
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
having lost face; in a bind
good family; respectable family; decent family
that is to say; so that means
wet nurse; nursing mother
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)