how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
after a long time; for the first time in a while
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
and; thereupon; because of that
indicate reason; infers some protest
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to recall; to remember; to recollect
foreign; abroad; overseas
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
any more; any further; any better; any longer
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
just because; even if; even though
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
one's sister-in-law; stepsister (elder)
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
effect; result; worth; use; avail
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
person of common sense; common sense man
three; three years of age