(somebody else's) parents; both parents
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
nap room (in an office, fire station, etc.)
good feeling; feeling good
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
verbal message; word (from someone)
telephone booth; telephone box
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to repeat; to be frequent
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to explain; to dispel doubts
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to turn left; to turn to the left
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly