May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
foreign; abroad; overseas
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
writing (e.g. as a profession)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
business; trade; operations; sales
author; writer; novelist; artist
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
residing; living; dwelling
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
plant having four leaves on one stalk
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
vague; unclear; elusive; hazy
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
Uyuni salt flat (Bolivia); Salar de Uyuni
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball