so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
wages; pay; rental payment
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
fishing harbour; fishing harbor
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
considerably; fairly; quite
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
pieces; scraps; disconnected
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
innumerable; countless; numberless
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
printing; typing; printed character; typed character; character(s) carved onto a seal
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
seedling; sapling; young tree
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
grave maintenance; grave keeper
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
economical; efficient; lean; compact