to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
older brother and younger sister
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
bento; Japanese box lunch
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
tag (children's game); tig
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
is something that; is that which
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
rather; better; instead; if anything
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
close; intimate; on good terms
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)