wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
rationality; reasonableness
beginning; clue; starting point
this for sure; certainly is
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
process; course; mechanism
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
root; joint; base; crotch
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
large-scale, long-running TV series (esp. of period pieces produced by NHK)
head; dome; bean; nob; noggin
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote