have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
large number (of); many; majority
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
deed; act; work; performance
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
Fukushima prefecture (Tōhoku area)
loser; owner of a lost article
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
(having) same family and personal name
mending; repair; darning; patching up
union; joining; conjugation
reinforcement; strengthening
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow
efficiency; moment (i.e. magnetic moment)
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
selection; choice; picking out
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase
step-up; advance; progress; increase
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
to be under control; to burn down; to decline; to drop; to wane
on bad terms; at loggerheads
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
gesture; gesticulation; motion
end of a road; end of a street
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well