simple honesty; tactless frankness
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
to originate with; to start with; to stem from
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
starboard (side of a ship)
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
gable; gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction
good old wife; one's wife of many years
old badger; veteran; oldtimer; schemer; old fox
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
dangerous driving; reckless driving
elopement; running away with a lover
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
self-esteem; feeling of self-approval
inheritance; something given or received
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
naming; christening; fiance; fiancee
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
kind person; warmhearted person; sympathetic person
civil affairs; civil case
noninvolvement; nonintervention; neutrality
love-hate relationships drama (movie, etc.)
aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature
no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
independence from parents
parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children
neutral zone; demilitarized zone
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
high flame (cooking); high heat; strong heat