dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
social dance; ballroom dancing
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
knitting; knitted material; crochet
knit; knitted fabric; knitted garments; nit (unit of surface brightness equal to 1 candela per square meter)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business
store holding a special commendation (e.g. from the mayor)
commercial (radio, TV, etc.); ad; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
remora; suckerfish; sharksucker (any fish of family Echeneidae); live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)
traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
talk; recital; narration; topic
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
to become sexually aware; to awaken to sex
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
biological parent; real parent
side table; bedside table
unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
employment (long term); hire
1,000,000; one million; million; many
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
succession; continuation; series; sequence
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
simple honesty; tactless frankness
coin-operated parking (spaces)