childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
being good at cooking; good cook
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
(physical) growth; development
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
all over; all over the place; everywhere
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling