packing; crating; packaging
technical college; higher schools and colleges
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
in bad taste; problematic; of poor character
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
ex-husband; former husband
company housing; housing provided by one's company
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
large family; extended family
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary
cease-fire; truce; armistice
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
what's what; heads or tails
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
close; intimate; on good terms
script; screenplay; scenario
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
large tree; big tree; huge tree
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
otherwise; if not; or else
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
to go out and away; to leave
tank (military vehicle); chariot
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
it seems so; that's what it looks like
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)