intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
family; relatives; dependents; household
this family; we; this house
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
(present) head of a family
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
intelligence; discernment
influence; clout; leverage
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
outside the country; abroad
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
strange disease; rare disease
creation; birth; formation; naissance; construction
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location