retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
beggar; sty (on the eyelid)
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
freckles; buckwheat chaff
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
elder sister; effeminate man
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to pass (of time); to elapse
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open