inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
number of times; frequency; count
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
to detain; to check; to restrain
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
sharing a room, flat, apartment, or house (with roommates, flatmates, etc.)
falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
two-family house; house for a two-generation family
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
looking or acting as if one owned the place
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
health management; health maintenance; health care
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)