to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
full-time housewife; stay-at-home homemaker
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
why; how; for what reason
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
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
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
every month; each month; monthly
100,000; hundred thousand
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)