habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
one's house; one's home; one's family
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
Eckhard; Eckhardt; Eckhart
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to speak; to say; to vocalize
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
silence (not speaking); muteness
moment by moment; hour by hour
nod; inclination of the head