orphan; person without friends
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
legal guardians' association; parents' association (at a school); parent-teacher's meeting
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
classical elegance; antiquity
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
A district in Shibuya, Tokyo famous for being the center of Japanese youth culture and fashion
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
evening meal; dinner; supper
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
a little; a bit; slightly
busy; having no (free) time
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor