heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
feeling; sense; impression
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
society; public; community; social studies
joining (a group); becoming a member (of); joining the ranks (of)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
ward office; council (regional)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
section manager; section chief
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
pit babe; paddock girl; grid girl
likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
bank; banking institution
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
pencil case; pencil box; writing brush case
report; notification; registration
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
multiplication table; times table
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
what kind of; what sort of; what
disease; illness; disorder; condition; ailment