house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
student (esp. a university student)
serious; not joking; straight
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
(security) deposit; caution money
all; entire; whole; altogether
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to apologize; to apologise
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
closing time; lockup; curfew
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
that's the way it is; such is life
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export