to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
preparation; arrangements
kitchen; financial situation
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
God; god; ace; king; superior person
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
first shrine visit of New Year
type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
to have an eye on; to zero in on
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
don't you think?; indicates question
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much