to come to bloodshed; to see bloodshed
being startled; getting a shock
pre-nuptial doubts; wedding blues
wedded life; married life
right?; don't you think?; don't you agree?
emphatic sentence-ending particle
to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
adverse circumstances; unfortunate situation; adversity
to miss a chance to do; to fail to do
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
to originate (with); to start (with); to stem (from)
whenever you want; any time you like
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
meat dish; meat-based cuisine
newcomer; initiate; rookie
bookbinding; binding (a book)
being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to); attached school; affiliated school
postcard; memo; note; card
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up
to grow older (than expected); to advance in age
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to
to divide in two; to divide in half; to divide (among); to apportion; to portion out