the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
kerria (Kerria japonica); Japanese yellow rose; bright golden yellow; gold coin (formerly used in Japan)
womanly; ladylike; feminine
last night; yesterday evening
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
maker of metallic ornaments
marriage ceremony; wedding
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
older sister and younger brother
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
grocery store; dealer in dried goods
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to repeat; to be frequent
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
elder sister; effeminate man
being adopted into the family of one's bride
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
showing one's face in public; facing another person
to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; (lit.) to light one's (finger)nails (instead of a candle)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base