leading figure; influential figure; mogul
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
and yet; though; when; in spite of
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
don't worry about it; forget about it
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
housing district; residential district
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
(period of) a year; during an era
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
near oneself; close to one; familiar