to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
mineral matter; metallic property
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
glad countenance; joyful look
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
six (long cylindrical things)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
your husband; her husband
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
sweet voice; seductive voice
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
breach of manners; breach of etiquette
gender equality; equal rights for both sexes; equality of the sexes
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response