request; favour (to ask); wish; please
not caring; not giving a damn
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
corridor; hallway; passageway
plural; multiple; plural (number)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
late at night; small hours of the morning
to talk the night away; to talk all night
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
giving; provision; furnishing
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
sons and daughters; children; girl
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)