homecoming; returning home
established practice; custom
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
memory; ability to remember
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 reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
front; frontage; facade; main
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
Buddhist (household) altar
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
left side; left-hand side
living room (Western style); sitting room
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
right side; right-hand side
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
staying the night; lodging (at)
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
three; three years of age
father; dad; husband; you; he
to care for someone; to look after someone
heart; guts; nerve; central part
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh