above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
grandfather; male senior-citizen
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
spring break; spring vacation
to count on; to anticipate; to expect
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
that's the way it is; such is life
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring
to flare up; to burst into flames
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
at some point in the past; at some stage
water's edge; beach; foreshore
Sargassum fulvellum (species of edible brown alga)
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
to pick up; to find; to gather
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
scientific name (of a species); binomial name; Latin name; academic reputation
ruin; wreck; mere skeleton; framework
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation