family-centered sitcom; TV drama of family life; soap opera
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
hygiene; sanitation; health
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
refrigerant; thermal gel; ice pack; cold pack
antibacterial; antimicrobial
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to drop; to let fall; to omit
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
otherwise; if not; or else
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
for some (unspecified) reason
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
chief; main; principal; important
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
sunlight; rays of the Sun
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in