(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
question; inquiry; enquiry
on the way home from school
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
notice; attention; observation
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
older brother and younger sister
as a child; when one was a child
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
don't you think?; indicates question
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
just one person; only one
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
senility; dotage; decrepitude
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
yatsuhashi; cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto); zigzag bridge
(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to resemble each other; to resemble one another
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
hard worker; hardworking person
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
sexually transmitted disease; social disease