acquaintance; close friend
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
in succession; one after another
to gush forth (e.g. water from a spring); to flow (out); to well up (of tears, emotions, etc.); to flow out (of tears); to emerge; to suddenly appear
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
to write down; to record; to register
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri); autumn bellflower
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
system; organization; organisation; architecture
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to manifest itself; to manifest oneself
innermost depths of one's heart
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
way; method; means; resource; course
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
terrain; geographical features; topography
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative