to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
favorite; favourite; habitually used
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to admit fault; to admit one is wrong
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
exceeding the speed limit; speeding
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
operating under reduced business hours
emotional care; emotional support; caring for somebody's mental well-being
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
mental; spiritual; emotional
corona; coronavirus; COVID-19
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
weird; disgusting; sickening
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
elementary, junior high and high school
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down