(not) even once; (not) ever
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
raising (a question); bringing up (a problem); instituting (a lawsuit); (arch.) lifting up
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to return a favor (favour); to repay
marriageable age; chance of marriage
don't worry; there's no need to worry
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
load on one's chest; obstacle; hindrance; impediment
jealousy; roasted rice cake
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
double extra-large; 2XL; XXL
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to feel affectionate towards; to have feelings for; to care for; to hold dear
to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)
commencing with; including