mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
treating someone like a child
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
at the time; in those days; then
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
one's destination; place where someone is going; source (of an object); origin; branch office
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
blank period; window period; interregnum
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
rented house; house for rent
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
festivities; celebration; wedding; marriage ceremony
one-year-old; one year old
(phenomenon of) precession of the equinoxes
line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely