garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
name; given name; first name
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
beginning; outset; first; onset
to take (be in) charge of
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
all night; throughout the night
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
such; like that; that sort of; very
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling