please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
haughty; holding one's head high
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
avenue in the capital; busy main street of the capital; main thoroughfare
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to keep a house; to run a household
household; home; family; housekeeping
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
organizational change; organisational change; organizational reform
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to go home; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to leave; (arch.) to pass (of time); (arch.) to die; (arch.) to go bad
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
wife and children; (arch.) wife
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
impression; strong belief; conviction
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
preparation; arrangements
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
divorce; dissolution of adoption
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
adopting a son-in-law into one's family; marrying off one's daughter
quibble; pointless argument