cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
at that time; in those days
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
older sister; lass; young lady
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
journal; magazine; periodical
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
second-year student; biennial
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
heading; headline; index; headword
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
since then; from that time; ever since