like father, like son; (lit.) you can't fight blood
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to lose sight of; to miss
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK