rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
migration; move; emigration; immigration
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
living together; coexistence
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
after that; afterwards; thereafter
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
now; the present time; just now; another; more
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
senior high school; high school
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
schoolgirl; female student
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
please (give me); please (do for me)
such; like that; that sort of
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite