affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
final chapter; last chapter; last section (of a book, essay, song etc.); epilogue
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
called; known as; that; to say
"it was all a dream"-ending
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
with a (cry of) "ah!"; with a shout (of surprise, shock, etc.); in surprise; in astonishment
more than usual (usu. time)
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to teach; to take a teaching job
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
20th day of the month; 20 days
older brother and younger sister
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
overall; general; as a whole
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage; half (of a game); halfback; 9-hole half (of a round)
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
living together (of two people)
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding; to win someone over (with food); to butter up