here and there; in places
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
the way one works; one's working manner
to fly around; to scatter
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
return of something; repayment
to look forward to something
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
much; remarkably; not at all (with neg. verb); quickly and vigorously; unhesitatingly
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
one's condolences; feelings of sympathy
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
depopulation; declining population
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
snack; light meal; snack bar (usu. an establishment that serves alcohol); snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
rhinophyma; red swollen nose (often associated with alcoholism)
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
street where many shops and businesses are closed (e.g. due to an economic slump)
to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)