many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
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.)
person'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 be said to be; to be reputed
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
speaking voice; talking voice
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
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
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
cooperation; collaboration
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
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
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
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 to chance; neglecting; abandoning
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
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
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie