letter; missive; note; mail
speech; expression; wording; language
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
raising and lowering; praising and blaming; modulation
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying
cooking; food preparation
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
foster father; adoptive father
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; yo-ho!; heave-ho!
scattered; separated; dispersed
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
overestimation; overvaluing
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to support each other; to support one another
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of