it is I who should say so
summer vacation; summer holiday
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
to hide; to keep to oneself
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
being too late; losing one's final chance
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
nostalgic song; golden oldie
in one's own way or style
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
good feeling; feeling good
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
as a child; when one was a child
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished