increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
old woman; joker (in old maid)
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
manners; behavior; behaviour
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
somehow; for some reason or other
heap; pile; stack; full measure
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to avenge oneself; to settle a score; to take revenge
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
pure and innocent; immaculate
very young; little; childish; immature