the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure
noted doctor; excellent physician
without eating or drinking
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
tone of command; authoritative tone; commanding tone
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
head; dome; bean; nob; noggin
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
satisfying; pleasing; gratifying
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
sliced vegetables pickled in soy sauce
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
extermination; expulsion; destruction