contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
difficult to ...; hard to ...
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
blankety-blank; bleep; yada yada; xxx
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
jewel; gem; gem (of a story, essay, etc.); accomplished work; beautiful piece
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
if so; in that case; in that situation
front-row sets; ringside seats
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for