grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
longing for others; wanting company
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
to make short work of; to eat up quickly
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; (lit.) it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught
cooking practice; (school) cooking class
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
without penalty; acquittal; impunity
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
clearing one's throat; cough
February; second month of the lunar calendar
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
looking slender in clothing
to be excited; to be elated
to manage something successfully; to be successful
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
back country; remote countryside
to look forward to something
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
doing as one pleases; having one's own way
consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
pound (unit of weight); pound (currency); pound sterling; pond