wife and children; (arch.) wife
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
dual income; husband and wife both working
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
training; education; development; cultivation
workman; craftsman; laborer; labourer; artisan
selection; choice; picking out
colonization; colonisation
calculation; counting; (dealing with) figures; cardinality
consideration; taking into account
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
boy; son; baby boy; young man
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
pleasant person; attractive person; animal liked by all because of its cuteness
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
empirical; from experience
getting on board; sailor; seaman
skillful; clever; versatile; handy
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)
secret; private; surreptitious
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)