to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
employment (long term); hire
one's younger days; when one was young
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
one's family; family member
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
(your) daughter; young woman
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray