painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
bathing; going in the bath
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
having difficulty falling asleep; unable to get to sleep
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
turning over in bed; rolling over; tossing and turning; betrayal; double-crossing
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
middle of the night; dead of night
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
environment; surroundings; circumstances
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
the reason is ...; it is because ...
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to have a talk; to tell a story
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
difficult to ...; hard to ...
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
imagination; supposition; guess
bottom; buttocks; bidet function (for anal cleansing)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it