nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
Japanese nationality; Japanese citizenship
Japanese person; Japanese people
status of residence; visa status; immigration status
due form; official; formality
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
possession; retention; maintenance
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
(full) name; family name and given name
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
(someone else's) child; child; kid
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
retention; maintenance; preservation
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to do something useless; to gild the lily; to gild refined gold; (lit.) to build a roof atop the roof
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
to understand; to comprehend
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
at least; at most; (even) just
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious