everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
having said that; on the other hand
woman; female; feminine gender
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
red-horned demon; red ogre
generation; the world; the age
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
Rio; Rio de Janeiro (abbr)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
chair; stool; post; office; position
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...