house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
wrapping; lapping (i.e. grinding, polishing)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
servant; manservant; menial
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
third year of high school; third-year high-school student
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
bunch of flowers; bouquet
presentation (of a gift, prize, etc.)
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
maternity leave; paternity leave
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
then; well; so; well then
now; the present time; just now; another; more