pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
cognitive impairment; senility; dementia
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh
no!; no no!; no, not at all
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
medical care; medical treatment
rehabilitation facility for the elderly
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
how long; how far; how much
frequency (of occurrence)
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
bone marrow; medulla; true spirit; one's mind
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
one more time; once more; once again
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
chit; sales slip; voucher
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up