to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
commuting to school; school commute
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
senior high school; high school
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
question; inquiry; enquiry