elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
annual (plant); first-year student
to surround; to crowd around
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
name; given name; first name
precocity (esp. of a young girl); acting grown up; precocious young girl
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to pass (of time); to elapse
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
hard struggle; strenuous effort
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
tension; mental strain; nervousness
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring