father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
landowner; landlord; landlady
income; receipts; revenue
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
fresh verdure; new green leaves
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
frequency (of occurrence)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
paper bag for putting a present in
name; given name; first name