environment; circumstance
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
directions; instructions; orders; command
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to rise; to erect; to get up
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
minimum; at the very least
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
duty; obligation; responsibility
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
rather; sooner; preferably
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
bedside; near one's pillow
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread