life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
down quilt; feather quilt; feather duvet; eiderdown
leisure facility (e.g. amusement park)
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
jacuzzi; jet bath spa; whirlpool bath
automatic; intransitive verb
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
to speak; to hear a voice
growing wild (naturally); native
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
Dungeon Master (video game)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
thickness; profundity; depth
to keep a record; to keep a tally
good correspondent; ready writer
to peddle (goods); to hawk
distrust of (other) human beings
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)
point in common; common feature
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
writing (e.g. as a profession)
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
weakening; emaciation; decline
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
place to die; place of death
solitude; loneliness; isolation