odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
tone (of voice); manner of talking
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
assertion; declaration; affirmation
one's whole life; one's lifetime
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
thick makeup; heavy makeup
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
looks; personal appearance; features
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
hostility; animosity; enmity
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
wife and children; (arch.) wife
to become intimate with (e.g. a woman); to become acquainted
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)