frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to press a question; to cross-examine
seventeen; seventeen (years old)
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
older sister; lass; young lady
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
older sister; elder sister
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
(find) common (meeting) ground
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
bank; weir; embankment; levee
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance