fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to care for someone; to look after someone
to ask a question; to ask questions
other than; excluding; without
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
total destruction by fire; being burned down
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
relation; relative; kind; cordial
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
carefree; free from worry
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
out of place artifact; OOPArt
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurd; nonsensical
occasion; time; section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; clause; season; term
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour