cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
guide; tour guide; conductor; guidebook
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
since then; from that time; ever since
to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
quality check; quality inspection
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
training; drill; practice; discipline
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
quality (of a product or a service)
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
suffix for familiar person; indicates emphasis; (arch.) prostitute
personal; individual; private
desire for revenge; vengeful thought
feeling great (refreshed)
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
normalcy; normality; normal
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while