exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
together; at the same time; same; identical
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
year in, year out; always; 24-7
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
intimacy; affection; familiarity
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
long ago; already; a long time ago
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
considerably; greatly; a lot
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
changing clothes; change of clothes
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to face; to go towards; to head towards
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to