temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed
to remain married for life
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
convenient; handy; useful
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
instead; but (on the other hand)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
this world; this life; world of the living
to be born; to come into this world
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to be jealous; to be envious