tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to come back; to bloom a second time
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
rather; better; instead; if anything
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
just because; even if; even though
in that way; like that; that way
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
ostensible (surface) reason
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
that; the matter in question
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
solitude; loneliness; isolation
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to unfold; to unroll; to open
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
being left out; being ostracized
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
matter; thing; affair; circumstance