hastily made; improvised preparation
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
father and mother; parents
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
living room (Western style); sitting room
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
topic of discussion; agenda
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
sensitivity; susceptibility
death from disease; death from illness
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
to be smeared; to be covered
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
to spread; to be propagated
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
adopted daughter; foster daughter
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship