to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
woman; female; feminine gender
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
by means of; due to; because of; according to
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
feeling; sense; impression
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk