to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
waist; waistline; waist measurement
very loose; slowly; leisurely
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
comfort; consolation; diversion
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to comfort; to console; to amuse
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to subsist; to keep on living
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
even though; despite; when
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
three; three years of age
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
workforce reduction; personnel cut
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess