kimchi; kimchee; spicy Korean pickled cabbage; Korea; Korean
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
another day; some other day
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to be relieved; to feel relieved
wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh
hostility; animosity; enmity
to soak through; to be deeply impressed
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
teacher; instructor; professor
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
to be fated to; be linked by fate
it seems so; that's what it looks like
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
festival; feast; carnival
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
lacking potential for advancement; no-hoper
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
girlish mind; girlish innocence
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children