fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
homecoming; returning home
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
solitude; loneliness; isolation
frame (physical structure); framework; framework (of a plan, system, etc.); structure; outline
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
amusing; funny; interesting
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
unattended (video, audio) recording; message left on the answering machine
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
one (thing); one piece; one item
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
young woman with a lot of superficial knowledge about sex, etc.
growth period (in children)
(being angry) like a blazing fire; burning (rage)
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
patient; unhurried; leisurely
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish