year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
connection; link; relationship
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
glove (esp. sports); globe
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
sensual love; love affair
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
sensitivity; susceptibility
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
to dance; to perform dance steps
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...