cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
househusband; stay-at-home dad
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
it's been a long time; long time no see
duty; function; office; mission; task
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
heap; pile; stack; full measure
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
doctoral dissertation; doctoral thesis
surname; family name; last name
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
student (esp. a university student)
professor; teaching; instruction
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment