to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
attendance; presence; appearance
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
funeral hall; ceremony site
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
river; stream; River; the ... river
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
orphanage; children's home
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
class teacher; homeroom teacher; home room teacher; form teacher
leading; guiding; commanding
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
briskly with small steps; trotting
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to run up to; to rush over
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
doll; puppet; blockhead; idiot; useless person
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty