good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
speaking voice; talking voice
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put to sleep
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
net auction; Internet auction; online auction; web auction
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
called; known as; that; to say
looking after a baby; taking care of a baby; babysitting; babysitter
myself; yourself; I; me; you
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
physical; relating to stamina; in terms of physical strength
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)