nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
doctors; teachers; lawyers
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
having completed no schooling beyond elementary school; elementary school graduate
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg; (lit.) a kite gives birth to a hawk
southwestern part; the southwest
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
to get used to living (in); to live (somewhere) for a long time
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
persevering; very patient
to incur someone's enmity
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency
interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors
neighbouring house; neighboring house
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
executive; government; administration; governance; the authorities
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
reset; fresh start; new beginning
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
destination; place one stays during a trip
national health insurance
medical prescription; medical practitioners' receipt for health insurance claim
Near Threatened (conservation status); NT; New Testament; nuchal translucency
encumbrance; burden; drag
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge
eagerly; earnestly; zealously; wholeheartedly; diligently; assiduously
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
matter for the police; brush with the law
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray