to narrow; to reduce; to contract
living; lifestyle; living room
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
nonchalantly; without a care
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
double; twice (as much); twofold
squaring; multiplying (a number) by itself; second power
already; now; no longer; not any more
small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
close; intimate; on good terms
coexistence; living together
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to continue (going along some trend)
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
doing whatever one pleases
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)