out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
to be flexible; to be accommodating
kindergarten pupil; kindergartener
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
guardians; parents; father and older brother
good bye; I'm off; see you later
battlefield; battleground
commuting to nursery school or kindergarten
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
enrollment in kindergarten; enrolment in nursery school; entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.
society; public; community; social studies
to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own
same generation; one's generation
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
one's family (home) background (environment)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
curious; strange; unusual
to bawl; to cry; to scream
to paint (draw) a picture
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
rubbish heap; garbage dump
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
to fall from heaven (the sky)
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
senior class (kindergarten, pre-school, etc.)
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word