education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
miscarriage; (spontaneous) abortion; abortive birth
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
to pass (of time); to elapse
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
pregnancy; conception; gestation
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
in that way; thus; so; so?
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
guardian; protector; patron; parent
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice