great love; passionate affair
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
stunning; electrifying; striking; eye-popping; brilliant
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
in one's own way or style
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
one's (own) house; one's (own) home
loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
at some point in the past; at some stage
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
government office; agency; board
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on