rice and curry; curry rice
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to follow the sense; to understand the meaning of
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
calamity; misfortune; disaster
in the future; another day; later
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)
compounding of medicine; dispensing (medicine); dispensation (e.g. of heaven); providence; combining
relation; relative; kind; cordial
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
(another person's) nephew
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
story; tale; talk; discussion
very much; exceedingly; extremely
real thing; original; actual
how many years; how long; what year
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
one end; an end; part; fragment
honor; honour; credit; prestige
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
reason; cause; history; origin
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
greater than ...; bigger ...
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster