just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
maid; helper; help; assistance
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
lochia; post-natal vaginal discharge
such; like that; in that way
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to strain every nerve; to feel nervous
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
travelling alone; solitary journey
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability