chair; stool; post; office; position
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to mix; to stir; to blend
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
with these words; while saying
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
tension; mental strain; nervousness
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
don't you think?; indicates question
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
father; dad; husband; you; he
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
primary school; elementary school; grade school
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to look forward to something
being very busy; busyness
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)