to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
(together) with; -wide; including
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
seriously delicious; very skillful; proficient
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
observation; survey; watching
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
older sister; elder sister
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to do together; to share; to participate in
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
potato (Solanum tuberosum)