taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
blackmail; extortion; persistent demand
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
two times; twice; two degrees
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
indicate reason; infers some protest
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)