to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
returning from school; going home from school
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
(social) position; status
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
space (room, area, outer space)
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey