obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
head of a family; patriarch; matriarch
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
within; inside of; less than
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
how; in what way; how about
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
direct descent; direct line
heir; inheritor; successor
system; institution; organization; organisation
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment