wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unmarried woman who has lost her virginity
to rebuke; to scold harshly
to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
pot (esp. teapot, coffee pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
fragile item; broken article
another thing; other things; another man's property
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
to hold fast; to protect to the end
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
ardent; passionate; vehement
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data