nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
older sister; elder sister
family a woman has married into
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
family; relatives; dependents; household
(present) head of a family
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
one's own child; one's own children
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
working; being employed; being hired
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
while alive; during one's lifetime
discovery; detection; finding
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
for example; for instance; e.g.
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
summer vacation; summer holiday
one's post; place of work; workplace
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
for a while; for some time; for a period
great laughter; burst of laughter
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention