established practice; custom
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
to have a good idea; to be able to predict
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
don't worry; there's no need to worry
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
grip (of hand); grip strength
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
(length of one's) step; stride; pace
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
to be (deeply) moving; to pack an (emotional) punch; to be emotionally touching; to strike home; to strike a chord
to be dependable; to be reliable
phrase; phrase; strawberry
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of