lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
finding employment; getting a job
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
southern part; the south (of a region)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
writing; composition; essay; sentence