faking crying; crocodile tears
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
comfort; consolation; diversion
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
by myself; in person; by oneself
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
no, not like that (but like this)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
feeling; sense; impression
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
artificial flower; imitation flower; artificial flower making
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)