association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental caries
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to badger; to pester; to beg
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
long ago; once upon a time
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
fixed content; settled matter; done deal
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
level; even; flat; uneventful; peaceful; monotonous
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear