choices; alternatives; options
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
and; thereupon; because of that
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
superiority complex; sense of superiority
riverside; edge of a river
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
McDonald's (fast food restaurant); Mac (personal computer); Macintosh
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
place; room; margin; scope
three; three years of age
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
wired; cabled; communication by wire
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
what time; (lit.) which hour
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all