to soothe; to calm; to pacify
neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance
gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion trend usually marked by brown or blond-dyed hair, gaudy clothes and accessories; gal
honor; honour; credit; prestige
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants
planning; project; plan; design
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
summer vacation; summer holiday
final exam; term-end examination; end-of-term examination
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
slightly; a little; barely; narrowly; only; just
all living things; mankind; the people; the world
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
to show one's affection; to express one's love
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question