two persons; two people; pair; couple
separate; scattered; apart
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
environment; circumstance
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still