ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
certainly; surely; definitely
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
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
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
so; like this; in this way
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
older brother; elder brother
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
appearances can be deceiving; don't judge a book by its cover
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
only; merely; but; no more than