family structure; family composition; family makeup
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
clamp; clasp; fastener; binding
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
speech; expression; wording; language
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
piece; fragment; one (object)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to manage something successfully; to be successful
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
deep regret; great disappointment
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to slide down; to slip down
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
decisive; resolute; determined; firm