to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
continuation; succession; series
note (letter) left behind; will
thinking little of one's family
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
junior high school student; middle school pupil
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
system; institution; organization; organisation
national holiday; public holiday
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
too many to count; too numerous to mention
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre