book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to say things to ease one's mind
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
one's family; family member
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
home environment; family environment
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
representative; exemplary; model
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
instead; but (on the other hand)
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
(under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.); city facility management
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
smoky; awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn