abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
interior (of building, room, vehicle, etc.); interior design
match (contest); to match with; to go well with
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
odds and ends; all; every
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
many; much; plenty; hardly
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
lower back (or hip) pain; lumbago
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)