mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
on the occasion of; at the time of
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
such; this sort of; like this
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
no!; no no!; no, not at all
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
attending physician; doctor-in-charge; attending doctor; one's doctor
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to be needed; to be wanted
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
large hospital; major hospital
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
Japan's best; number one in Japan
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic