washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to employ; to hire; to charter
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
every year; yearly; annually
senior high school student
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
hair (of the head); pubic hair
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
(a place) out of one's reach
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid
even if; even though; however; no matter how
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain