private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
large family; extended family
hard struggle; strenuous effort
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
family; members of a family
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
foreign; abroad; overseas
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
close; intimate; on good terms
time; season; period; phase; stage
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family