that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
independence; self-reliance
to face; to go towards; to head towards
neighbourhood; neighborhood
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
and; thereupon; because of that
one day; (on) a certain day
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
household violence (esp. adolescent children towards parents); domestic violence
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
particularly; only; in the case of
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style