on the way home from school
life; living; I; me; student
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 building)
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
home area; home town; local
rather than; more ... than ...
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
university student; college student
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
coloured paper; colored paper
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
fear of heights; acrophobia
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!