first meeting; first interview with
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
after a long time; for the first time in a while
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
father; dad; husband; you; he
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to have a talk; to tell a story
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to