puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
memories; recollections; reminiscence
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
with a smack; with a spank; with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen); shamisen
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
every year; yearly; annually
festival; feast; carnival
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
no problem; it doesn't matter
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to grow up; to become an adult
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
rather; better; instead; if anything
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
hormone; cows' or pigs' offal (entrails)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
relatively; comparatively
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to be silent; to say nothing
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation