to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
surf fishing; rock fishing; fishing from rocks by the shore
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
conviction; belief; confidence
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
little by little; bit by bit
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
picking up; gathering; type-picking; walking
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
as if nothing had happened
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
to put one's strength into
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
since; henceforth; ever since
line-up (of players, products, etc.); lineup
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
still; even now; to this day
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
at that time; in those days
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch