mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
platform; home; home base; home plate
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
fair and square; open and aboveboard
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
nature; property; disposition
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to be away from home; to be out of the house
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
generously; liberally; magnanimously
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
transfer station; transfer point
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to become rustic; to be countrified
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to rain incessantly; to downpour
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
behind; in the rear; in back
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with