packed and sterilised food; retort pack
of tender years; very young
leaving everything up to someone else
to employ; to hire; to charter
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
lucky adventurer; adventurer who takes advantage of troubled times; soldier of fortune
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
perfect beauty with no trace of artifice; flawless
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
main question; real issue at hand
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to relax; to feel at home
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
father; dad; husband; you; he
father and mother; parents
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story