ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
your husband; her husband
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
difficult to ...; hard to ...
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
beginning; outset; first; onset
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
be (that) as it may; having said that
voluntary singlehood (as a principle or creed); singlehood by choice
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
senior high school; high school
living together (with one more person)
selling (real-estate) lots
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate