married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
does not; can not; will not
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
sympathy; compassion; pity
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
question; inquiry; enquiry
hey there; I say; see here
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
literary woman; talented woman
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to happen to hear; to overhear
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
sudden change; complete change
that is to say; so that means
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
rational; reasonable; logical
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something