body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
waste of time; killing time
show; exhibition; spectacle
nevertheless; still; however; yet
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
miser; niggard; cheapskate
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to be square; to be angular; to be jagged; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
image; figure; figure; form; image
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
gleaming; shining; glistening
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty