(husband and wife) both working; dual income
skipping school or work (without a good reason); playing truant; playing hooky
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
to telephone; to make a phone call
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
to feel indebted (to); to feel grateful; to be much obliged
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
son of a bitch; piece of shit
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
damage caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors); reputational damage
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
to beat time; to mark time
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
chilly; unpleasantly cold
intermission (during a play, sumo, etc.); interval; temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance)
water temperature (esp. bath)
personification; anthropomorphization
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)
arrival of goods; goods received
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
predecessor; people of former times
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
thief (particularly in RPG games)
promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
end; close; finish; termination
truce (during a children's game); time out; King's X
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)