to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
television program; TV program
(TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; talent; skill; talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
local site; location for making or filming a movie
when it becomes; when it comes to
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
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?
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
going to school in groups
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
children's park; children's playground
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
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)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
to be erected; to be built
school building; schoolhouse
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
blending of Japanese and Western styles
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
until now; so far; up to the present