just because; even if; even though
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
visiting room; visitation room
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
middle of the night; dead of night
breastfeeding; nursing; suckling
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
no!; no no!; no, not at all
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
several times; a few times
half-sibling (with a different mother)
(brother and sister) born of a different mother
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
postpartum; after childbirth
respect and affection; love and respect
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
exposure to wind; severe criticism
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
empirical; from experience
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
innocent; not guilty; harmless
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality