lyric sheet; card with the lyrics to a song
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
non-highway road; toll-free road; local road; road shadowed by trees, mountain, etc.
nostalgic song; golden oldie
improper; inappropriate; unjust; unfair; unreasonable
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
(having) same family and personal name
preface; introduction; preamble
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
(car) turn signal; blinker; indicator
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
bungalow; one-story house
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
very busy (person or thing)
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
going to and fro; back and forth
timewasting; killing time
collecting waste paper (old newspapers etc.) and exchanging them for tissues
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
way of speaking; intimation
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious