plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
sympathy; compassion; pity
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to employ; to hire; to charter
smart rabbit; cunning rabbit; nimble rabbit
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
any more; any further; any better; any longer
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
to complete decisively; to do to completion
festival merrymaking; revelry
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to run around; to bustle about
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
just because; even if; even though
to make merry; to be festive
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory