first thing in the morning
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
after school (at the end of the day)
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way
the way back; the way home; return trip
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
irritation; annoyance; frustration
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
attendance (at school); going to school
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
temporary absence from school
it is not (like that) either
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
no!; no no!; no, not at all
floundering while nearly drowning; suffering
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere