prone to complaining; petulant; querulous; grumpy
Alice band; (horseshoe-shaped) headband (worn over the forehead); hairband
Tolstoy; Tolstoi; Tolstoy, Leo (1828-1910; Russian writer)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
traditional fishing master (provided equipment and sometimes lodging in exchange for labor); fishermen's boss; (arch.) center part of a fishing net
inheritance from a parent (property, trait, physique, etc.)
young owner; young proprietor
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
working away from home (esp. abroad); person working away from home; migrant worker
migratory bird; bird of passage
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
your husband; her husband
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors); (built-in) wardrobe
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
to get slightly dirty (all over)
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
to mix; to stir; to blend
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
disposition of troops; battle formation
to leave behind; to misplace; to forget
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service