different school (e.g. of ikebana)
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
concrete; tangible; material
to be reluctant to answer; to hesitate to answer
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
jam-packed; packed in like sardines
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
to make (a person) pay for (something)
1,000,000; one million; million; many
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
three-pronged fork; trident; trifurcate; three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet)
spiritually rich; good for the soul
Lindera triloba (species of spicebush)
time will cure all; time heals all wounds
developer (of software, video games, etc.)
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
frame (of a building); framework; skeleton; (human) body
father and mother; parents
this summer; next summer; last summer
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
background image; static image
roleplay (e.g. in RPG computer games)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
comic strip with dramatic story