to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
preliminary investigation; preparation
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
to pause; to have a short intermission
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
siblings; brothers and sisters
passage in a discourse; one section; one scene
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
every place; various places
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
light blue; pale blue; aqua
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
grand; formal; ceremonial; (feeling) awkward; self-conscious; embarrassed
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)