just one person; only one
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
hospitalization; hospitalisation
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
that year; same year; same age
going to the hospital for regular treatment
God; god; ace; king; superior person
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
keepsake; memorabilia; memento
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
surely; certainly; without doubt
to flare up; to fly into a rage
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
memory; ability to remember
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
public and private; official and personal; government and people
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
testimony; (verbal) evidence
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to understand; to make out
to give a broad grin; to smirk
to invite in; to show someone in
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
because of; owing to; due to
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den