scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
social gathering; get-together; (friendly) meeting
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
one's own child; one's own children
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
striking; remarkable; considerable
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
just one person; only one
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
senior; elder; person older than oneself
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
baton (of command); order; command; direction
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock