grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
difference; variation; difference
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
inside one's heart; in one's mind
right angle; perpendicular
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
aptitude; aptness; suitability
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
increase in the average age of marriage
don't you think?; indicates question
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
loveable; very likeable; like very much
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to pick up; to find; to gather
way of speaking; intimation
no need to guess; certainly
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in