ancestor; forefather; foremother
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
to make a copy (of); to copy (down); to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
near; close by; within reach; familiar
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
to check; to stop; to keep back
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
straw rope-patterned ancient Japanese pottery
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
loop; band; loop (in a program); looping (of a video, slideshow, etc.); repeating (e.g. of a conversation); time loop (in fiction); temporal loop
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
close; intimate; on good terms
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
color tag (children's game)
tag game variant in which a player cannot be tagged if above the ground
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
to that degree; to that extent; that much
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply