workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
surroundings; environs; circumference
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
Bon holidays; Bon holiday period (in mid-August)
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
like that; that way; thus
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
way (of doing); manner; method; means
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
sympathy; compassion; pity
confusion; mixing; merger
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
interview (e.g. for a job)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
female proprietress (of a bar, etc.); mother; housewife; (female) pet owner; pet parent
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix