hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
neighbourhood; neighborhood
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to have a talk; to tell a story
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
complete set; all; everything
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
foreign matter; impurities
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student