sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
shades of night; night scene
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
matter of concern and interest
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
tedious; boring; being fed up with
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
memory; ability to remember
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
smoothly; easily; readily
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence