to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own
steady progress; rapid advance
information technology; IT
settlement (of an account); liquidation of debts; payment
being a mama's boy; having an (overly) strong attachment to one's mother; Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
rating; ranking; grading; classification
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
New Year's Day; first day of the year; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
came; went; was (somewhere); here it comes!; there it goes!; as expected!
when it comes to ...; as for ...
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
to anesthetize; to anesthetise; to anaesthetize; to anaesthetise
to escape death; to be saved from death
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation); conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
your body; your health; yourself; you
heirship; (claim) the (right of) succession; one's inheritance rights
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
must not (do); should not; do not; cannot
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
something-something; something or other
use of separate surnames by a married couple
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier