to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
pregnancy; conception; gestation
tide; current; tendency; trend
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
unmarried; not yet married
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
notice; attention; observation
one day; (on) a certain day
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
older brother and younger sister
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
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)
sympathy; compassion; pity
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
television program; TV program
something like ...; something called ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
thrifty; frugal; economical
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
maintenance; preservation; improvement
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
washing machine (laundry)
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
way (of doing); manner; method; means
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing