completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
living together (with one more person)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
around the end of (a period of time)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to telephone; to call in; to ring in; to contact by phone
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to be away from home; to be out of the house
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter
neighbourhood; neighborhood
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
older brother and younger sister
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
that is to say; so that means
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)