course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to hide; to keep to oneself
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
yearned for; longed for; missed
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
on bad terms; at loggerheads
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
(battery) charger; AC adapter
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
number one in all of America; best in all of America
offering a prize; prize competition; prize; reward
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
family vacation; family trip
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
Las Vegas (abbr); Vega$ (TV series)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle