topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
long-term hospitalization
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
thicket; coppice; brushwood
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
running as fast as one can
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
opinion; point of view; visual point
health care center; health care centre; animal shelter
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
hybrid; crossbreed; mongrel
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
it's not like; it isn't as if
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to talk; to carry meaning
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
even if; even though; however; no matter how
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to coil around (of a child or animal); to grab (usu. out of playfulness or affection); to cling
(distant) howling; backbiting
various; diverse; divergent; each according to one's own wishes