nursery school sleepover; one night sleepover at school in summer vacation of last year of nursery school
jacket picture (i.e. of a record)
grated daikon; daikon grater
photography contest; photography competition
Guri and Gura (children's book series)
Kōwa era (of the Southern Court) (1381.2.10-1384.4.28)
vicissitudes; ups and downs
Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
hakkeyoi!; come on!; go ahead!
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
financing company; credit firm
pep-up; reassurance; pick-me-up; restorative; energizer
breech presentation (feet or buttocks-first birth); breech delivery; breech birth
finally; in the end; on top of all that
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
out of focus; off the point
Venus (Roman goddess); Venus (planet)
frowning on; looking on with scorn; showing disapproval
super hero play; playacting as action heroes
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
may (it) be so; please let (it) happen
birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
bicycle shop; bicycle dealer
about; concerning; as to; regarding
telephone made from two cans and a piece of string