change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest; (arch.) mental derangement; (arch.) madness; (arch.) insanity
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
seniority by length of service
because of; owing to; due to
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
how should I know?; don't ask me
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee; highly-paid; in the top salary bracket
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about