meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
with a clink; with a tap; with a click; instantly (fall asleep)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
side gate; side door; service entrance
main street; avenue; boulevard
to change color (of leaves in autumn); to turn red; to ripen (and change color); to become sexually aware; to reach puberty
Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
roadside trees; row of trees
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
urban areas; the streets; town; city
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to come and go; to go back and forth
after school (at the end of the day)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
(made of) stone; stone-built
to go past; to pass; to pass by
people; men and women; each person; everybody
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
to get hungry; to become hungry
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
white sauce; béchamel sauce
casserole; cocotte; ramekin
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
finishing blow; coup de grâce
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full