your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
how many years; how long; what year
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
difficult to ...; hard to ...
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
leader; authority; mainstay
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
on the occasion of; at the time of
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to become rustic; to be countrified
deserted village; poor village
somehow; for some reason or other
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
class; heading; group; category
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct