town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
Niigata (city, prefecture)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
true state; actual condition; reality
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
clientele; customer stratum
elementary and middle school pupils
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
as a child; when one was a child
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
elder sister; older female friend
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to tell a person (something) emphatically; to let a person have it
(punishment by) striking with fists
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
with a single flash of light; glitteringly; sparklingly; twinklingly
to shine; to glitter; to be bright