working for a company; being employed by a company
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
the world in general; society; convention
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to be away from home; to be out of the house
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
very young; little; childish; immature
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to care for someone; to look after someone
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
common people; ordinary people; masses
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
apparent; obvious; very clear
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
height (of body); stature
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...