red paper restaurant lantern; cheap eating and drinking place
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
regret; repentance; remorse
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
and yet; though; when; in spite of
mature; becoming precocious
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to listen again; to ask again
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
alone; by oneself; on one's own
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
the other night; a few nights ago
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
shoji with an oil-treated screen (for increased water resistance)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
student (esp. a university student)
graduate of the same school; fellow alumnus; (former) schoolmate
(open) a little; slightly; narrowly; (cut) finely; thinly
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
estrangement; neglect; alienation; casting out; ostracism; giving the cold shoulder
superiority complex; sense of superiority
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
one night; all night; overnight; one evening