to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
store; reserve; stock; savings
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
allotment; apportionment; share; dividend
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
carelessly; inattentively
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
want to ... do something; would like to ...
second marriage; remarriage
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
if so; in that case; in that situation
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
remaining years (of one's life)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
silence (not speaking); muteness
nape (of the neck); nucha
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
just the other day; quite recently