house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
helper; assistant; help; assistance
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
good humour (humor); good mood
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
to have a talk; to tell a story
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
(another person's) younger sister
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to feel chilly; to be afraid; to be frightened; to be nervous
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
to have a chill run down one's spine
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
state of reduced activity; lull; state of abeyance; stable condition
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
once upon a time; a long time ago
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
temporary; transitory; short-lived