bus terminal; bus station
brotherly love; fraternal love; sibling affection
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
chirashi; chirashizushi; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
88 years old; (arch.) rice
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
place to die; place of death
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
by all means; by all costs
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
recovery; undoing; recall
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
by sheer strength; by brute force
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
your husband; her husband