to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
general comment; Sohyo (General Council of Trade Unions of Japan)
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
real experience; actual observations
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to waste time; to kill time
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
every place; various places
whispering; murmuring; subdued
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
drinking straight from a bottle
Buraiha (post-WWII group of dissolute Japanese writers); Decadent School
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
too much; excessively; too
(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose