(husband and wife) both working; dual income
university student; college student
older sister; lass; young lady
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to mix; to stir; to blend
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
tone (of voice); manner of talking
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to squeeze out; to wring out
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
living by oneself; living alone
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
one room apartment; studio apartment
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
condo; condominium; condominium apartment
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
danger; peril; hazard; risk
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
to turn towards; to point
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era; (Western) pop song
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)