as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to pick up; to find; to gather
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
Fukushima prefecture (Tōhoku area)
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
loser; owner of a lost article
current student; enrolled student
to some extent; to a certain extent
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
one's house; one's home; one's family
this is why; this means; it is the case that
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
(having) same family and personal name
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate