shop; small store; business; firm
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
secret base; hideout; hidden position
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
match (to light fire with)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to shake one's head (in denial)
wherein; therein; thereinto
forktail bullhead (species of catfish, Pelteobagrus nudiceps)
covered in mud; mud-caked
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
library (usu. single-room); small library
to be prolonged; to drag on
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
patient; unhurried; leisurely