together; at the same time; same; identical
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
pension (Western-style boardinghouse)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
old couple; elderly couple
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
grandfather; male senior-citizen
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
hospitalization; hospitalisation
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to be found; to be discovered
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
interference; meddling; butting in
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at