relation; family relationship
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
possession; occupation; occupancy
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
ratio; proportion; percentage
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
from the viewpoint of; according to
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
person living alone; single person; bachelor; spinster; unmarried person
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
as a child; when one was a child
to be born; to come into the world
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
spoiling (e.g. a plot); revealing (e.g. a trick); giving it away
to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)