abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
depending on; dependent on
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
running water; flowing water; stream
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
tacit; unspoken; implicit
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
empirically; from experience
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
general idea; concept; notion
world; society; people; the public
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
just past noon; afternoon
answering machine; answerphone
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
hospitalization; hospitalisation
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to); attached school; affiliated school
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
loan; lawn (grass); lawn (linen or cotton fabric)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
greeting; a fine thing to say