returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
extremely; very; really; super; so
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
classbook; yearbook; school graduation album
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors); (built-in) wardrobe
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
to go out and away; to leave
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
both (people); the two of them
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
classbook; yearbook; graduation album
to be photographed; to be projected
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
very likely; very probable
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly