to apologize; to apologise
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
one's post; place of work; workplace
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
sympathy; compassion; pity
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
coming and going; commuting
to have a meal; to take a meal
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to feel at ease; to feel relaxed
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
although I say; although one might say; although called
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
around the world; throughout the world
many; much; plenty; hardly
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest