end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
very loose; slowly; leisurely
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
without touching; no touching; not participating in; not being concerned by; without being involved in
to bend (the truth); to distort; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to pawn
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to come to an agreement; to come to a mutual understanding; to come to terms with each other; to reach an arrangement
home area; home town; local
pains; efforts; trouble; labor; labour; services
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
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to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
settlement day; day of reckoning
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to serve; to work for; to attend
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same
poultry raising; poultry farming; chicken farming
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
something or other; one thing or another; this or that