delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
close; intimate; on good terms
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
license; permit; licence; certificate
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
frequenting; staying around
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
telephone; telephone number; telephone call; phone call
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
I've got to be going; I must go
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to like; to love; to be fond of
the way back; the way home; return trip
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
relatively; comparatively
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
male instincts; male frivolity
in the same manner as before; the same as always