little by little; bit by bit
(talking in a) half-joking manner
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
pupil; student; schoolchild
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
(someone else's) parents; both parents
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)