revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
being left out; being ostracized
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
cram school; part-time school preparing students for entrance examinations
number one; first; best; most; game; round
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to care for someone; to look after someone
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
over-fond parent; doting parent
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
until now; so far; up to the present