voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
no!; no no!; no, not at all
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
storehouse; warehouse; godown
dwelling; house; residence; address
museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
understood; I see; OK; present; here
wounded soldier; disabled veteran
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
to keep a watchful eye on
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
writing; composition; essay; sentence
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation