mochi; (sticky) rice cake
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
person who is ...; thing that is ...
simply; merely; only; solely
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
last week; the week before
when; how soon; how long until
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
performing a surgical operation
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
upper half of the body; upper body
remission; improvement; relief (of pain, symptoms, etc.)
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
pulmonary edema; pulmonary oedema
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)