to split; to be split; to become sunken (e.g. of cheeks); to become hollowed; to weaken (e.g. of motivation, interest, etc.); to decrease
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
with a (cry of) "ah!"; with a shout (of surprise, shock, etc.); in surprise; in astonishment
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
having nothing except one's body; having empty pockets; being penniless
from the beginning; from scratch
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
middle of the night; dead of night
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
only; merely; but; no more than
one day; (on) a certain day
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
honorific/polite/humble prefix
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)