to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust someone's civility; to give up (on someone)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
interior design; interior; upholstery
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
one-year-old; one year old
totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
diamond; diamond; infield; diamonds (suit)
stole (shawl); stall; stall (of an engine); (animal) stall
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
personal; individual; private
present (that one has received); gift
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
prohibition; inhibition; ban
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
back off!; leave me alone!
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert