evening meal; dinner; supper
to do together; to share; to participate in
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
the other day; a few days ago
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to grow up; to become an adult
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
tone (of voice); manner of talking
(overnight) stay; lodging
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
inheritance; something given or received
with these words; while saying
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
holding tightly; squeezing; onigiri; rice ball; (accepting a) bribe
extremely; very; really; super; so
meanwhile; in the meantime
preparation; arrangements
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)