these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
receiving payments (pension, ration)
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
recipient of payments; pensioner
income; receipts; revenue
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
welfare office; social security office
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
independence; self-reliance
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to have the privilege of doing
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
black-market lending; illegal loan
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
to give; to do (something) for
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while