control; check; restraint; inhibition
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
thought; consideration; thinking
menial; meanness; servility; abject
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to suffer mentally; to be in emotional pain
nervous breakdown; neurosis; sickness from anxiety
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
physical condition; state of health
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
piece; fragment; one (object)
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
February; second month of the lunar calendar
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month