here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate; cold; chilly
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
your acquaintance; people who know
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to call in; to invite; to bring in
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
calamity; misfortune; disaster
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
victim; injured party; sufferer
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
powder snow; powdery snow
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to pull together with the hands; to adjust (e.g. one's collar); to arrange
stairs; stairway; staircase
summertime; summer season
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
at the present time; as of now; at this time
sudden impulse; passing fancy
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled
this side; in the forefront
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten