exemplar; model; example; pattern
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
number of persons; personnel
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
homecoming; returning home
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
older brother and younger sister
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
method of bringing up; method of raising
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
New Year's Eve; end of the year
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
(aircraft) hangar; (coat) hanger; hunger
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
capable of anything; liable to do
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
by today; before the day is over
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear