recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
new town (esp. planned satellite towns of Osaka Prefecture); new housing development
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
business; trade; operations; sales
guard; security (officer); guardsman
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
police; police officer; police station
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to subsist; to keep on living
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out