to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
smallish; on the small side
bored; having nothing to do; idle
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story
mix; mixed-race person; multiracial person
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
children's song; nursery rhyme
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
distributing board (panel); switchboard
fully satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); happy; cleared of doubt
chatter mark (machine tools)
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
time axis; time basis; timeline
child born within a year of another; children born in consecutive years
not a little; not a few; considerable