area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
ago; since; before; previous
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
doing whatever one pleases
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
something like ...; something called ...
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to take on a role; to take part
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away