to be needed; to be wanted
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
system; organization; organisation; architecture
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
how many years; how long; what year
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
many; a lot; much; multitude
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
not caring; not giving a damn
one's possessions; ownership
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
perfect; complete; flawless
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
de facto marriage; common-law marriage; living together as husband and wife without formal marriage
memory; sense; experience
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
sanity; consciousness; soberness
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch