to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
women's group; women's association
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
stealthily; secretly; in secret
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
jumping to a hasty conclusion
surely; certainly; without doubt
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
strong-willed; strong of heart
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
military personnel; soldier
to collect; to assemble; to gather
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
service in the first reserve
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha