job; work; duties; trade; skill
relation; relative; kind; cordial
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
older sister; elder sister
stealthily; secretly; in secret
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
nonchalantly; without a care
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation