daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
jumping along in a squatting position; bunny-hopping
stairs; stairway; staircase
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
marathon; long-distance race
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to lose one's way; to get lost
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to settle (in a place); to settle down
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
by means of; due to; because of; according to
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus