to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
single-mother household; fatherless family
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
(way of) spending money; free spending
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
wet; moist; soft-hearted; tender-hearted; sentimental
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
severe; strict; tough; hard
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to this extent; to this degree; this much
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
programme; program; plans; arrangements
private person; individual
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
still (continuing); as ever; further
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
than; other than; except; but
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification