call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
interior design; interior; upholstery
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
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.
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
living alone; solitude; solitary life
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
user's manual; instruction manual
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
to fold in two; to fold in half; to double up
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
to become bright; to become clear
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
note (letter) left behind; will
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into