curious; strange; unusual
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
content (of a mineral, etc.)
head; brains; intellect; understanding
settlement; permanent residency
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
to raise one's voice; to shout
cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
otherwise; or else; if not
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
then; well; so; bye then; bye bye
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
indelible scene of one's childhood; earliest remembered scene; original scenery; unspoiled landscape
happy family get-together
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday