fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to have a relationship; to have relations
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
suffix for familiar person
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
no objection; nothing to criticize (criticise)
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
Tokushima prefecture (Shikoku)
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to be born; to come into the world