to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
family-oriented; familial
wide difference; a world of difference
range; stove; cooker; microwave oven
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
in search of; in order to look for
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
classic example; classic case; textbook example; representative example; typical case
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
you (plural); all of you; you all
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to cross one's mind; to occur to one