to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
one's family; family member
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
way; method; means; resource; course
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
the same generation; coeval
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny
to lose one's way; to get lost
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
sleepover; overnight stay
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder