fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
to be parted from; to be separated
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to loiter around; to wander about
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
home; household; family; hearth
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
beyond that point; after that
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
number of persons; personnel
large amount of money; great cost
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly