to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage
scrubbing and washing; kitchen work
ex-husband; former husband
excellent; superb; first-rate
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
(one acting as a) foster parent
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
to care for someone; to look after someone
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
to finger; to tamper (with)
jealousy; roasted rice cake
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer