... (years old) this year
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
(brother and sister) born of a different mother
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
wampee (Clausena lansium)
height of summer; hottest part of summer
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time