inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
vague recollection; faint memory
senior; elder; person older than oneself
this for sure; certainly is
natural span of life; 250 years old
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
deep; profound; complicated; advanced; impenetrable
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to spread; to be propagated
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings