single-mother household; fatherless family
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
shopping; purchased goods
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
with a light pull; with a gentle tug; with a small motion
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
bright person; talented student; prodigy
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
victim; injured party; sufferer
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
outside the city; suburbs
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to collapse; to fall down (in a heap)
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around