absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
literally; to the letter; literal
from the beginning; from scratch
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
primary school; elementary school; grade school
kitchen; financial situation; finances
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
(non-documentary) television series; teledrama; television drama; television play; video drama
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
absolute beginner; complete amateur
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
rhyme; rhyme (of a Chinese character); rime
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
material; substance; matter
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
to need; to call for; to require
traveler; traveller; stranger
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to bury; to embed; to implant
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation