one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
festival merrymaking; revelry
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
establishing oneself in life; success in life
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
at that time; in those days
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
his style; her style; his way (of); her way (of)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
periodic; regular; routine
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
tears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude
none of your business; not your concern
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
good news; happy news; glad tidings