Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
to slap; to strike; to spank
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to have a talk; to tell a story
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
memories; recollections; reminiscence
keep up your strength; chin up!
troublesome; annoying; complicated
such; this sort of; like this
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
plastic; pula (currency of Botswana)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
to pack; to box; to package
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
generation; the world; the age
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy