one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
interferer; meddler; buttinsky
arbitration; intercession; mediation
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
love; love (in tennis, badminton, etc.)
one room apartment; studio apartment
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
female part or role (drama, kabuki, etc.)
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
child; childish person; immature person
low (level, value, price, etc.)
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
person with whom one is having an illicit love affair; mistress; lover
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
greeting; a fine thing to say
(small) stone; rock; pebble
adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality
in high spirits; excited; energetic
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
troubled face; worried expression
to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)
household violence (esp. adolescent children towards parents); domestic violence
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
second marriage; remarriage
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard