blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
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
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
older sister and younger brother
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
minimum; at the very least
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
cancellation; abandonment
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything
to undergo surgery; to have an operation
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
briquette (charcoal or coal)
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
to forget everything; to lose one's memory (e.g. of a period); to black out
even though it is not; despite not
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
spotlight; close observation
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
clearly; distinctly; evidently; definitely
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
drunkenness; intoxication
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land