unanticipated; unexpected
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
(transplant) rejection; strong reaction (against)
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
point in question (at issue)
the same kind; accomplice; partner
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
to recover consciousness; to come to
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
to be given up; to be discontinued
smoothly; easily; readily
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
careless person; thoughtless person
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
hooting; jeering; heckling
lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
to be fated; to be linked by fate
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
big-name brand; brand-name goods
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due
temporary retirement; leave of absence; suspension from office
maternity leave; paternity leave
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain