nursery school teacher; childcare worker
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
isolation; sense of isolation; feeling of being isolated
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
point of departure; initial point; starting point
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to be absorbed in reading
immersion; being absorbed in
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
neat (neatly); tidy; trim
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
kindergarten pupil; kindergartener
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture