one's possessions; ownership
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
innumerable; countless; numberless
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
receptionist; reception woman
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
to employ; to hire; to charter
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
change of occupation; career change
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
too much; excessively; too
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
incident; affair; happening; event
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
generation; the world; the age