to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
daily rip-off-a-page calendar; daily pad calendar
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
instead; but (on the other hand)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
difficult to ...; hard to ...
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
the L-word (i.e. love); being in love
troubled face; worried expression
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
willpower; energy; vitality
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag