guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
how; in what way; how about
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
good family; respectable family; decent family
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
right in the center (centre)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
student (esp. a university student)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix