nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature; pessimism
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
(someone else's) daughter
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
stupidity; ignorance; stupid person; ignorant person
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
(sexually) attractive older woman; mature woman; MILF
common reed (Phragmites australis)
major stockholder; large shareholder
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); New Taiwan dollar; Yuan dynasty (China, 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
maritime; marine transportation
voluptuous; full-breasted; buxom; voluptuous woman; big-breasted woman; glamour girl
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
telco; telecommunications company; common carrier
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
method of treatment; cure; remedy
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
Nagano (city, prefecture)
sooner or later; in time; eventually
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
settlement; conclusion; summary
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
half-sibling (with a different mother)
to discuss in the same terms; to treat equally