here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
older sister; lass; young lady
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
time; hour; period; class
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to forget to say; to forget to mention
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
that; the matter in question
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to apologize; to apologise
consequence; outcome; result; blame
until now; so far; up to the present
perfect; complete; flawless
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to rise in esteem; to become popular; to rise in value (stocks)