dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
face; looks; vestiges; trace
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
counter for books; volume
to be surprised; to be astonished
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
honorific/polite/humble prefix
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
senior high school; high school
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to graduate from a university
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
since then; from that time; ever since
(period of) a year; during an era
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
to exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.); to communicate
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
both; both sides; both parties
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)