family; members of a family
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
very much; exceedingly; extremely
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
just because; even if; even though
notes; comment; remark; annotation
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
extermination; expulsion; destruction
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
writing (e.g. as a profession)
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession