hearsay; rumor; grapevine
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to change completely; to change suddenly
serious; severe; grave; acute
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
rather; better; instead; if anything
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin
for a while; for some time; for a period
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to betray a secret; to reveal a secret
abuse; misuse; perversion
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
it's no joke; gimme a break!
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
short pause; short interval
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify