harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
talk; dialogue; conversation
health-related; health (problem, reasons, etc.); in terms of health; from a health standpoint; for one's health
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
encouragement; urging; spurring on
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
instead; but (on the other hand)
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
reprint; reprinting; second edition
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
busy; having no time (for)
probing (into); digging (into); prying (into); excavation; digging
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
rationality; reasonableness
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
sentiment; sentimentality
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
speech and behaviour (behavior)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40