here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
for a while; for some time; for a period
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
string instrument; stringed instrument
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
that's the way it is; such is life
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
close; intimate; on good terms
human relations; personal relationships
social meeting place; watering hole
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse