to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
of course; certainly; naturally
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
environment; circumstance
sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
mistress; kept woman; concubine
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
control; management (e.g. of a business)
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
without hesitation; frankly (esp. speaking); bluntly; cutting (forcefully, directly); piercingly
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to be reminded of; to call to mind
harmless to humans and animals; having no influence; unimportant; insignificant
not counted (in the score); not tallied
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit