reasoning; logic; persuasion
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
bud; sprout; shoot; opening of a bud
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
to thrust down; to push off
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
household violence (esp. adolescent children towards parents); domestic violence
several times; a few times
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
consumer credit (finance, loan)
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration; memory; matching pairs
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; field inspection (e.g. in architecture, building)
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
research institute; (research) laboratory
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
throwing down multiple objects in succession; at once in great numbers
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes