obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
moderately; in moderation
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
though; even if; whether ... or ...
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
contract; compact; agreement
close; intimate; on good terms
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
appointment; rendezvous; date
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
around the world; throughout the world
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
bracken-starch dumpling; type of dumpling traditionally made using bracken starch
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops