swallowing; understanding; apprehension
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
great difference; big difference; wide margin
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
sign; indication; omen; symptom
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
to begin to attend (e.g. school)
working; being employed; being hired
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
(period of) a year; during an era
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
not limited to; not just ...
writing; composition; essay; sentence
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
in that manner; like that