practical; realistic; pragmatic
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
ability; capability; skill
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
how many years; how long; what year
just one person; only one
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
to dry up completely; to become stale
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
strong-willed; strong of heart
to happen to have on hand or in stock
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to weep bitterly; to suddenly grow dark
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
eternal; unlimited; endless
lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
thought; idea; conception
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
active; dynamic; behavioural
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
conservative; regressive; backward-looking; unenterprising
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret