wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
being very busy; busyness
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
cheating (on one's husband); adultery; male lover (of a married woman); paramour
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
confidence; trust; faith; credit
second marriage; remarriage
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
prime of one's life; stage of maturity
next term; next period; next version; next release
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to backfire; to have a harmful result
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
property; fortune; assets
(political) power; authority; influence
long-established; old-established; traditional
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
selection (from many people for an important position); exceptional promotion
one day; (on) a certain day
suddenly; all of a sudden
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
reality; actuality; hard fact