your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
than; from; out of; except; but; more
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
after school (at the end of the day)
pupil; student; schoolchild
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
boarding house; school dormitory
self-study; teaching oneself
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
how; in what way; how about
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
at first; in the beginning; originally
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
evening; early night hours