chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
guess; speculation; supposition
illegitimate child; secret love child
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe
toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
(not) even with; (not) even using
degenerate; pervert; deviant
aspect; phase; condition; modality
doorknob; door knob; door handle
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
keeping things tidy and in order
classification by colour; sorting by color; color-coding; classification; sorting; grouping
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
perception; sensing; noticing
right behind; just behind; directly behind
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair