complete stranger; total stranger
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
study; library; den; home office; reading room
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
unmarried; not yet married
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
to get help; to enlist aid
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
to talk to oneself; to mutter
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
(another's) child; child; kid
morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
stamp; sticker (in messaging apps); (large) emoji
treating someone like a child
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
daily update; updating daily
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
cookie; biscuit; cookie; browser cookie
absent-mindedly; absently; idly; in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
fine weather; fair weather
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
manners; courtesy; etiquette
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain