to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
great joy; delight; jubilation
welcome; (warm) reception
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
the way back; the way home; return trip
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
acting as a foster parent; caring for another's child; foster parent
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
little by little; bit by bit
to badger; to pester; to beg
(some) more; even more; longer; further
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
living together; coexistence
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to be away from home; to be out of the house
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to flare up; to fly into a rage
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to become enraged; to blow one's top; to lose it; to flip out
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
arbitration; intercession; mediation
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
whole face; all over one's face
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
model; (good) example; exemplar; paragon
curse; spell; malediction