outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
no, not like that (but like this)
being good at conversation; conversationalist; good talker
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
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
just past noon; afternoon
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
food and drink; eating and drinking
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to get distracted; to jump off the track
two times; twice; two degrees
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
original story; original version; this volume
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
though; even if; whether ... or ...
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
feeling like friends; the feeling of friendship
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase