your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
every year; yearly; annually
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
just because; even if; even though
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
oak tree; (arch.) imperial palace guard
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
go that far; to that extent
to get one's head around; to think about
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
greeting; a fine thing to say
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not