physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
family vacation; family trip
extended leave; long vacation
salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday
starting (departure) time
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
one edge; one end; one side
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
quadruped walking; walking on four legs
to speculate; to make an educated guess; to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions)
school bus (for kindergarten children); kindergarten bus
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
summer vacation; summer holiday
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
open every day of the year
homecoming; return to one's home
like he said; same for me; ditto
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not