periodic; regular; routine
(brother and sister) born of a different mother
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
high-pressure salesmanship; the hard sell; aggressive peddling
living thing; living creature; animal; life
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to become an expert; to be master at
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to be too numerous; to be too much
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
large amount of money; great cost
you (plural); all of you; you all
in the end; at the end of the day
good person; virtuous person
over-fond parent; doting parent
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
that is to say; so that means
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
unexpected meeting; coincidence
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
separate building; outbuilding; outhouse
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
riskiness; (level of) danger
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering