hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
household; home; family; housekeeping
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to draw back; to leave (the area)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to state; to express; to mention
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
middle of the night; dead of night
to press a question; to cross-examine
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious