sweet voice; seductive voice
father; dad; husband; you; he
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
eating; bite (in fishing)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
imposing stance; daunting pose
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter
Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA)
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress