yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
more than anything; above all else
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
to need; to call for; to require
duty; obligation; responsibility
only recently; just of late
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
in the same way as; just like
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
memories; recollections; reminiscence
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo