discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
government office; public office
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
society; public; community; social studies
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
how many years; how long; what year
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
practical problem; practical matter
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
dependent on luck; matter of luck
failure; mistake; blunder
idiot; retard; idiocy; profound mental retardation
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
although I say; although one might say; although called
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
personal; individual; private