training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
light green; yellowish-green
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
tomfoolery; monkey business
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to find fault with; to question
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
reputation; respectability
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
looking pale; looking unwell
reception room; parlor; parlour
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
person who holds the purse strings; person who minds the cash; safe keeper; treasurer
liberalization; liberalisation; freeing
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
bureaucratic routine; red tape
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
public expense; public funds; public money; public expenditure
public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives
not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); downturn; recession; front left; front and left
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
front right; front and right; before and right; right side under (clothing)
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
alternating; taking turns
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
sewing; needlework; embroidery
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
daisy (Bellis perennis); English daisy
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
one's own child; one's own children
postponement; deferment; adjournment