slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
no!; no no!; no, not at all
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
duty; obligation; responsibility
because of; owing to; due to
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
physical law; laws of physics
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
breeding; raising; rearing
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
to laugh scornfully; to sneer at
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact