to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
maid; helper; help; assistance
to detain; to check; to restrain
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
solution; solution strategy
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
returning from school; going home from school
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
cooperation; collaboration
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
again (and again); once again; yet again
openly; in public; without caring what others think
thunderous roar of laughter (from multiple people); loud burst of laughter; explosive laughter
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
festival; feast; carnival
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to pierce through; to break through
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar