sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
special training; intensive training; crash course
eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.)
surname; family name; last name
the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
messy; confused; chaotic; in a nagging manner; (complaining) about various things
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
moment; brief space of time
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
leaving (a facility, clinic, office, research institute, etc.); retiring
endurance; perseverance; patience
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
what's what; heads or tails
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
that's the way it is; such is life
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
for a while; for some time; for a period
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare