remembrance; recollection; recognition
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
monkey bars; horizontal ladder
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to get too familiar with; to become too familiar with
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
shades of evening; dead of night
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
feeling; sense; impression
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
beginning; outset; first; onset
to rise; to erect; to get up
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
the other night; a few nights ago