men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to head home; to leave for home
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
serious; severe; grave; acute
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to become empty; to be emptied
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
adjusting one's makeup; renovation; remodeling; redecoration
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
now that you say that; now that you mention it
face with no make-up; sobriety; having no class (e.g. in a RPG); (being) jobless
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
leaving one's objective incomplete; leaving one's ambition unfulfilled; being unable to achieve one's goal
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though