at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
necessary condition; requirement
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
job application form; employee satisfaction
one's original family name; maiden name
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
adopted daughter; foster daughter
future; possible; potential; prospective
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
absence; disregard; indifference
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother; black contemporary (music)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
teatime; tea break; coffee break