good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
(someone else's) child; child; kid
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
welcome rain; merciful rain; blessed rain; rain after a long dry period
chilly; unpleasantly cold
taking care of oneself (esp. used as an epistolary imperative); self-love
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
rising diagonally up and to the right; growing; expanding; soaring
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
precondition; prerequisite
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
suspicious-looking; fishy
to take a breath; to take a short rest
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
whispering into a person's ear
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
of course; certainly; naturally
first meeting; first interview with
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests