to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
head of a family; patriarch; matriarch
treating someone like a child
separation; farewell; parting
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
depending on the answer; hinging on the reply
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
bereavement; separation by death; loss
heir; inheritor; successor
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
biological parent; real parent
return to secular life (of a monk); secularization; secularisation
compulsory; obligatory; mandatory
spiritual exchange; reciprocal flow of feeling
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
coordinator; coordinating role
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
selection (from many people for an important position); exceptional promotion
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
kindling; tinder; chips of firewood
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead