natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
nervous breakdown; neurosis; sickness from anxiety
to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
ultimogeniture; postremogeniture
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
now that; since; as long as; provided that
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
love; attachment; lovesickness
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity