digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
hitting a dangerous (harmful) spot (e.g. hitting one's head)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
one's family (home) background (environment)
living by oneself; living alone
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
three; three years of age
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
smoothly; easily; readily
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism