cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
I see; that's right; indeed
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
wrong; different; not like that
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
difference; variation; difference
failure; mistake; blunder
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
had better ...; had better not ...
(personal) guarantor; (personal) surety; person providing a character reference
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...