shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
proper; respectable; decent; honest
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
this (very thing); this precisely
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
this world; this life; world of the living
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
laughing foolishly; cackling
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
(town) market; (street) market; marketplace
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
strong person; the strong; the powerful
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
enemy territory; hostile place
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along