matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
disinheritance; disowning
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
heel (of a shoe); heel (in pro wrestling); bad guy; player of villain roles
inheritance; something given or received
head; brains; intellect; understanding
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
originally; by nature; from the start
this world; this life; world of the living
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
to make a fool of someone