acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
by the end of this year; before the year comes to a close; during this year
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to sweep away; to wash away; to dredge
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
telephone bill; telephone rate
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
about; concerning; related to; -ish
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to keep a house; to run a household
to go on the defensive; to play it safe
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
pregnancy; conception; gestation
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
gossip; corner of the mouth
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)