beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
nice; good; well-executed
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
ardent; passionate; vehement
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
memory; ability to remember
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; (lit.) fleeing is winning
gossip; corner of the mouth
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
interference; intervention; meddling
shoulder massage (performed by tapotement); tap on the shoulder (request to resign)
all you want; as much as one wants
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
system; institution; organization; organisation
unprecedented; never seen before
as a child; when one was a child
older sister; elder sister
like a part of the family
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to detain; to check; to restrain
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)