button (clothing); push-button
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to form a group; to form a bunch
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
property; fortune; assets
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to fold up; to fold into layers
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to pick up; to find; to gather
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
document; official papers
(sleeveless) undergarment; padded undershirt
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit