returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
in the meanwhile; during the time
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
milk; infant formula; formula; condensed milk
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
(death from) starvation; starving to death
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
top of the head; crown of the head
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
contemptuous; disdainful; scornful
imitation (of someone, something); impersonation; (vocal) mimicry
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience