center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to have a talk; to tell a story
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
home; household; family; hearth
rather than; more ... than ...
living together; communal life; cohabitation
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to graduate from a university
being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
alone; by oneself; on one's own
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
health checkup; (general) medical examination; physical examination
stomach ulcer; gastric ulcer
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend