a wife should do her husband's bidding
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
gloomy and depressing; mournful
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
thorough; exhaustive; complete
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
adds force or indicates command
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
such; like that; that sort of; very
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
hello; good day; good afternoon
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
bento; Japanese box lunch
preparation; arrangements
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)