long time (since the last time); first in a long time
greeting; a fine thing to say
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
it is I who should say so
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
courteous; decorous; polite
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
this family; we; this house
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
careless person; thoughtless person
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
careless; thoughtless; rash; rude; at fault
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
like this; in this way; as you see
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
no!; no no!; no, not at all
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
common knowledge; well-known fact
(dying of) natural causes
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to happen to hear; to overhear
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
carving; engraving; sculpture