muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to be silent; to say nothing
thought; consideration; thinking
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
again; once more; a second time
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
man; male; masculine gender
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
now that; since; as long as; provided that
to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of