wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to speak ill of; to disparage
casual speech; peer language; informal language
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
lineage; pedigree; family line
ratio; proportion; percentage
the very image of health itself; picture of health
"it was all a dream"-ending
identifiable; personalized
the whole face; (wearing an expression) all over one's face
dementia; stupidity; foolishness; fool
to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)
milking (a cow, goat, etc.); breast pumping; milk expression
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit
suction cup; suction pad; sucker
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
complexion; colour; color; blood red
equilibrium; good balance; poise
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
negation; denial; negative
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
to become better; to improve
to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
inexpert or untrained eyes
reading (a book) out loud; reading (to children)
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited