weather; fair weather; fine weather
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
Siri (virtual assistant developed by Apple)
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to continue to do; to persist in doing
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
one of these days; someday; one day
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
final; eventual; ultimate
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
looking after a baby; taking care of a baby; babysitting; babysitter
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
that day; the very same day
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
memory; sense; experience
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
will not do; do not; does not
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
still; even now; to this day
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
as (for); for; in the capacity of