nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
sickness bag; sick bag; vomit bag; motion sickness bag
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
practice; practising; training; study
regular time; stated period
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
preliminary arrangements; spade work
somehow; for some reason or other
feminine features; having a girl's face (for a man); girly face
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
labor; labour; manpower; working force
older brother; elder brother
fish-based cooking; fish dish
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
one's family (home) background (environment)
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
this and that; one thing or another
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop