edge of town; outskirts of a village
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
several times; several degrees
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
laxative; purgative; evacuant
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells