one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to recall; to remember; to recollect
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
history; pedigree; lineage
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
man; male; masculine gender
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
pessimism; disappointment
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
secret; private; surreptitious
children's home; child care institution; orphanage
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
environment; circumstance
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
to have a talk; to tell a story
in person; personally; directly
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)