yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
together; at the same time; same; identical
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
instead; but (on the other hand)
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
middle of the night; dead of night
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
bedside; near one's pillow
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
smallish; on the small side
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to apologize; to apologise
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...