same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
nature itself is a good mother; (lit.) even without parents, children grow up
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
egoistic; self-centered; selfish
personal circumstances; one's own convenience
preference; priority; precedence
independence; self-reliance
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
trio; gang of three; threesome
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
possession; occupation; occupancy
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
many; much; plenty; hardly
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)