qualifications; requirements; capabilities
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
one's view on love; one's philosophy of love
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
in proportion to; just as much as
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to project; to stick out; to stand out
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
matter causing distress; something causing worry
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
to press a question; to cross-examine
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention