foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
common knowledge; well-known fact
body and soul; mind and body
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
widower; divorced man not remarried; bachelor; single man
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
widower; divorced man not remarried
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
family; members of a family
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
many; much; plenty; hardly
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow