village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
sentiment; sentimentality
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
memories; recollections; reminiscence
beautification; glorification
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
train buff; railway enthusiast; trainspotter; railfan
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
hard to get; hard to come by
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
prohibition of use (of); ban on using (something)
family; members of a family
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
all over Japan; throughout Japan
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
examiner; investigator; inquisitor; agent
G-man; FBI agent; inspector
speculation; thinking; meditation
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in