I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
thank you for your continued patronage
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
how many years; how long; what year
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
ignorant of the ways of the world
dry; dried out; juiceless; barely; just
long ago; once upon a time
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
earnestly; immediately; exactly
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)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
wherein; therein; thereinto
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
woman; female; feminine gender
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
one's own child; one's own children
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful