hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
scattered; separated; dispersed
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful
stipend (paid to court officials, samurai, etc.); salary; fief; (arch.) gift (given as a reward); (arch.) token of appreciation
in the end; on top of that
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
food expenses; cost of one's board
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to become dim; to become blurred
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed
infancy; childhood; tender age
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
quite; utterly; really; completely
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
someone who is in their element; (lit.) fish that has found water
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
match; game; bout; contest
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
at that time; in those days