countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
strongly and repeatedly urging (demanding, requesting, pressing)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains; to make efforts; to break a bone
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
matter for the police; brush with the law
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
education world or circles
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
even though; despite; when
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
younger brother and sister
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to count on someone as the only support
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
to live (in the house of one's employer, teacher, etc.); to live in; to become a live-in employee; to become a resident (of an institution)
government service; government employ
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify