your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
out of bounds; beyond the pale
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
embodiment; realization; materialization
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
something; some kind of; for some reason
only recently; just of late
attendance (at school); going to school
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
somehow or other; for some reason or another
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to be able to manage somehow or another
at that time; in those days
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
clear; distinct; evident; definite
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to raise one's voice; to shout
heart; guts; nerve; central part
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour