as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
health is wealth; health is your most valuable asset
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
honorific/polite/humble prefix
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental caries
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
license; permit; licence; certificate
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
good-for-nothing; worthless
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign