wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
how; in what way; by what means
everyday life; daily life
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
no-good man; (male) loser
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
adoration; admiration; devotion
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
calm; composed; cool; quiet
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
reproachful; hateful; bitter
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
taste; palate; sense of taste
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing