life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
gender; distinction of sex; sex
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
long ago; already; a long time ago
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
chopstick stand; weaning ceremony
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
to fly around; to scatter
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
height (of body); stature
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread