to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
recipient; receiver; skilled practitioner (of judo, sumo, etc.); person who picks up the cards (in karuta games)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
right in the midst of; right at the height of
family vacation; family trip
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
how many years; how long; what year
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
jokingly; in the form of a joke
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
choices; alternatives; options
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation