to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
to harm; to cause harm to
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
instruction in the ways of love
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
impassioned speech; fervent speech
still; even now; to this day
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
two days later; day after next; next day but one
vexing; irritating; impatient
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
supply; provision; raising; procurement
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
genuine article; real thing; real deal
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate