to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
big catch (fishing); good haul
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
postwar period; period after Second World War
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
to start a signal fire; to use a smoke signal; to initiate an action; to start a campaign
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab
to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug
to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious
inheritance dispute; succession dispute
cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
written pledge; signed note of assurance; memorandum; legal instrument
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
internal strife; infighting; internal conflict
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable