to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
my husband; one's family; family member
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
ago; since; before; previous
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
one eye; one of one's eyes
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
simply; merely; only; solely
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
cooperation; collaboration
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive); as long as one lives
punishment; judgement; judgment
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to happen to have on hand or in stock
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best