staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
potato chips; potato crisps
immersion; being absorbed in
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
eating between meals; snacking
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
bed and food; eating and sleeping
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
principle of laissez-faire
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
this and that; one thing and another
helpful person; person who likes looking after others; overly helpful person; annoyingly helpful person; manager; go-between
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
this and that; such and such
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate