bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to be adopted; to enter a family as an adopted child
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
because of; owing to; due to
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
long time; long interval; for quite some time
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
it is I who should say so
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
the other day; a few days ago