housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
amorous; sexy; voluptuous; erotic
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
Hades; hell; underworld; underground spring
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
river; stream; River; the ... river
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
branch (of a language family); branch of languages
to go past; to pass; to pass by
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
genuine article; real thing; real deal
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric