ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
question; inquiry; enquiry
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding
to say; to tell; to state; to do
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
sticky (situation); finding oneself trapped
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
reform; reformation; reorganization
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
two meals; (eating) two meals a day
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
elegance; taste; refinement
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
the West; the Occident; Western countries