public holiday; celebration (of)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse
on the way home from work; returning from work
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
reddish-brown; yellowish-brown; persimmon color
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
yellowtail and daikon cooked with soy sauce
full-time housewife; stay-at-home homemaker
child from a previous marriage; child of a former spouse; stepchild
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
determination; resolution
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
impeccable; unimpeachable; cannot be faulted; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless
Sazae-san (Japanese comic character)
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
patterns of thinking; train of thought
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
(transplant) rejection; strong reaction (against)
rave reviews; extremely high praise
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
weird; odd; bizarre; curious
method of bringing up; method of raising
trauma inducing; traumatizing; extremely scary (of movies, etc.)
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
father and child; father and son; father and daughter