per-capita division; division according to the number of people
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
door; gate; opening; title page
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
man; male; masculine gender
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
in the meanwhile; during the time
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to collect; to assemble; to gather
double room; room shared by two people; shared room
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...