infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
homecoming; returning home
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
older sister and younger brother
to begin; to set about; to start
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
dwelling; house; residence; address
growth period (in children)
coexistence; living together
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
one thin flat object; one sheet
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
shop; small store; business; firm
fried cake of layered slices of ham
fried cake of minced meat
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
one's house; one's home; one's family
piece; fragment; one (object)
senior high school student
environment; circumstance
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)