to press against each other;  to huddle together
 scissors;  shears;  clippers;  hole punch
 bringing;  taking;  carrying
 to avoid;  to refrain from;  to shun;  to detest
 to long for;  to yearn after;  to admire;  to be attracted by
 anyone;  anybody;  everyone;  everybody;  whoever
 (emotional) tension;  anxiety;  (highness of) spirits;  (good) mood;  tension;  tensile strength
 memory;  recollection;  remembrance;  storage
 hardly any;  almost nonexistent;  very little
 to be reminded of;  to call to mind
 thinly sliced and dried strips of daikon
 heart;  guts;  nerve;  central part
 to stop (moving);  to come to a stop;  to stop (doing, working, being supplied);  to come to a halt;  to alight;  to perch on
 terrible;  dreadful;  amazing (e.g. of strength);  great (e.g. of skills);  to a great extent;  vast (in numbers)
 to grow up;  to become an adult;  to become big;  to grow in size
 to cramp up;  to tighten;  to be insistent;  to persist (in one's opinion);  to act tough;  to bluff;  to prop up (e.g. with a post)
 amateur;  layman;  respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.)  unlicensed prostitute
 friendly;  openhearted;  sociable;  amiable;  good-humored;  good-humoured
 to comb upwards;  to brush up (a loose strand of hair);  to turn up a lamp wick
 such;  like that;  that sort of;  very
 sakura shrimp (Sergia lucens)
 as one would expect;  just as you'd expect (from);  still;  all the same;  even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
 to live;  to get along;  to spend (time)
 though;  although;  be that as it may;  nonetheless
 pretension;  conceit;  hubris
 way of saying (something);  way of putting it;  wording;  phrasing;  language;  expression
 heaven and earth;  top and bottom
 opening;  gap;  dried and opened fish
 to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby);  to embrace;  to have sex with;  to make love to;  to sit on (eggs);  to brood
 yearning;  longing;  aspiration;  adoration;  admiration
 losers (those who have 'failed' socially, economically, etc.)
 idea;  conception;  way of thinking;  approach;  expression
 winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
 absurd;  unreasonable;  excessive;  very;  extremely;  excessively
 ogre;  demon;  spirit of a deceased person;  ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.);  it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.);  Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions);  very
 paper sumo;  children's game of sumo played with paper cutouts of wrestlers