older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
method of bringing up; method of raising
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
close; intimate; on good terms
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
bento; Japanese box lunch
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
leg strength; walking ability; running ability
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
in comparison to; rather than
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to be surprised; to be astonished