homecoming; returning home
clanging; empty; deserted
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
just past noon; afternoon
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
(in) her way; peculiar to her
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
to go out and away; to leave
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
home environment; family environment
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
home area; home town; local
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
to change (one's clothes)
boarder; boarding student
closing time; lockup; curfew
to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss; to loiter; to hang around; to wander around