father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
verbal message; word (from someone)
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
conviction; belief; confidence
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
book; volume; this; present; main; head
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
voyage; passage; travelling
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to care for someone; to look after someone
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
patient's condition; pathology
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)