adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
due form; official; formality
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
understood; I see; OK; present; here
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
special adoption; plenary adoption; adoption in which the relationship with the biological parents is dissolved
system; institution; organization; organisation
physical examination; medical checkup; frisking; pat-down; search
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
hospitalization; hospitalisation
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
determination; resolution
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
God; god; ace; king; superior person