your husband; her husband
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
steep (mountain); precipitous; hard (life); difficult; troubled
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
party given in recognition of a person's services
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
this occasion; at this time; now
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
drinking party; get-together
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to translate; to interpret
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
working for a company; being employed by a company
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)