since then; from that time; ever since
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
boarding house; school dormitory
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
after a long time; for the first time in a while
branch family; cadet family; leaving one's employer to set up a new shop with the same name; (arch.) separate house
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
summer vacation; summer holidays
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
organ (musical instrument)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to grow up; to become an adult
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
imagination; supposition; guess
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip