household; home; family; housekeeping
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
father; dad; husband; you; he
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
himself; yourself; herself
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
(social) position; status
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to gain the understanding (of); to obtain consent (from)
household economy; family finances
mass-market segment; main (e.g. price range); largest (e.g. age group)
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
selection; choice; option
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
joint together; opposite; facing
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
difficult to ...; hard to ...
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
the life of the people; the people's living
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
outlook; general situation
maternity leave; paternity leave
childcare leave; leave taken after the compulsory maternity leave
reduction in working hours; reduction in business hours; time-saving
income; receipts; revenue