to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
staying the night; lodging (at)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
single-mother household; fatherless family
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
fighting words; inflammatory words; provocative remark
retort (to an insult, jeer, etc.)
bombshell announcement; bombshell statement
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
in; on; at; during; in the condition of
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
family; relatives; dependents; household
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
to shout (in anger); to yell
parting ways after a quarrel
to have a name entered in the family register
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
to quit one's job; to resign
article; thing; object; property; real estate
(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)
to offer for sale; to put on the market
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
nursery school; day nursery; day care center
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other