home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
people; citizens; subjects; folk
common knowledge; well-known fact
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
starting point; starting line
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to come to one's senses; to calm down
such; like that; in that way
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
shyness; bashfulness; shame
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
to collapse into; to flop onto
to faint; to swoon; to be astounded; to astonished; to have a busy time; to be hectic
overheating; overexcitement
sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica)
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence