used article (esp. clothes)
willpower; energy; vitality
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
hospitalization; hospitalisation
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
second marriage; remarriage
mental; spiritual; emotional
monologue; soliloquy; German (language)
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
branch office; branch store
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
your husband; her husband
abortion; to be interrupted; to be discontinued; to be suspended
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
Miyagi Mariko (1928.3.21-)
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
third year of high school; third-year high-school student
as you see; as you can see
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
longed-for; anxiously awaited
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow