unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
origin; source; beginning; starting point
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
legendary; fabled; fabulous
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
port city; harbor city; harbour city
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
depopulation; falling population; decrease in population; population decline
depopulation; declining population
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
trend of the times; way things are going
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
etc.; et cetera; and so on
absence; disregard; indifference
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)