house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
hoisting (e.g. a flag); raising; flying; putting up
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
rocks glass; Old Fashioned glass; lowball glass
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
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)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
finding employment; getting a job
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
father; dad; husband; you; he
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran