to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
technical skill; ability; capacity
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
to smooth out; to straighten; to relax
how many people; a number of people
right side; right-hand side
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
senior; veteran; old-timer
to pass (of time); to elapse
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
person of culture; cultured person
bedroom activity (of a married couple); sexual intercourse
health management; health maintenance; health care
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
for connoisseurs; preferred by experts
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
individual; private person; personal; natural person
display shelf; display case
small vase for one or two flowers; flower arrangement of one or two flowers
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
elegance; taste; refinement
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be