returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
Japanese (people, language, style)
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to say; to be called; to do
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
in this way; thus; such; uh...
losing one's fighting spirit; losing the will to fight; losing heart
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
only; merely; but; no more than
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp