wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
several years; a few years
company; corporation; workplace
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to employ; to hire; to charter
how long; how much; to what extent
such; this sort of; like this
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
tacit; unspoken; implicit
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
kitchen; financial situation
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
together; at the same time; same; identical
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
without cause; without reason
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
please; somehow or other; one way or another
professor; teaching; instruction
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
sincere; honest; faithful
sense of values; values; value system
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?