child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
whichever one chooses; either way
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
large number (of); many; majority
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
spare time; free time; leisure time
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
succession; continuation; series; sequence
growth period (in children)
income; receipts; revenue
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
waking up early; getting up early; early rising
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to break down due to overwork; to try so hard that the situation gets worse
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
actual profit; practical use; benefit
arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories
to invite in; to show someone in
spider's thread; spider silk