drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
opposite bank; farther shore
lover; lady-killer; sexy guy
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
caregiver; care worker; carer
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
maid; helper; help; assistance
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to be boiled; to be cooked
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
looking on (somebody) as hostile
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
half and half; fifty-fifty
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it