the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
living by oneself; living alone
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
automatic lock; automatic door-locking system
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to fold up; to fold into layers
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
remembrance; recollection; recognition
female elementary school student