it's been a long time; long time no see
with a friendly grin; smilingly
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to repeat; to do something over again
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to be to the point; to be pertinent
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to kick (at someone, something)
to thrust down; to push off
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
alone; by oneself; on one's own
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa); Japanese rose; Ramanas rose
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)