another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
trifling; trivial; slight
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
woman; female; feminine gender
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to flare up; to burst into flames
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
child from a previous marriage; child of a former spouse; stepchild
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife); younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain
suffix for familiar person
again; once more; a second time
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points