about when; about what time; how soon
since one was born; (in) all one's life
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
growth (to maturity); being brought up; growing up; raising
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
showing one's face in public; facing another person
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
hallway slippers; indoor shoes
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
here and there; in places
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
briskly; quickly; promptly
to give directions; to issue instructions
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
if you think about it; come to think of it
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to understand (each other); to comprehend
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
pre-nuptial doubts; wedding blues
Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)