pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
old friend; familiar face
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
downward spiral; negative spiral; vicious circle
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to speak through the nose; to nasalize
to mix; to stir; to blend
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
liking something; being partial to something; -phile
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
to be born; to come into this world
without reservation; freely; frankly
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
in advance; beforehand; previously
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
returning tit for tat; retaliating
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
human relations; personal relationships
alternately; by turns; one after the other
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
New Year's Eve; December 31
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
three parts; three copies
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
two parts; two copies; the second part
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
practical; matter-of-fact; realistic; utilitarian; pragmatic
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean