funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to be prolonged; to drag on
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
family structure; family composition; family makeup
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
senior high school; high school
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
older brother; elder brother
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
suffix for familiar person
state of mind; mentality; psychology
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
feeling of frustration; sense of failure
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to