essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
please (give me); please (do for me)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
you (plural); all of you; you all
to have a meal together; to sit at table
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
family structure; family composition; family makeup
district; section; sector
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
senior high school student
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to make amends; to compensate for; to make up for
to compose; to put together
coexistence; living together
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
alteration; falsification; faking