thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
(a place) out of one's reach
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
torture device; instrument of torture
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
near; close; beside; third person
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
to insist on one's own ideas
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
philanthropic work; charitable enterprise
a person without a single relative
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
property; fortune; assets
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
process; course; mechanism
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
triple; three-way; threefold
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation