sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
a step; short distance; short time
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables); highest-ranking division; intermission (between acts); interlude
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
insignificant; trifling; paltry; cottage (industry); tiny (company)
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
newly-opened land; recently-settled region; frontier; new residential area; new development
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
beginning; outset; first; onset
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
mine tunnel; mine shaft; mineshaft
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
university student; college student
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour