to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
shout of victory; cry of triumph
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
no regrets; without regrets
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
reopening; resumption; restarting
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
to become possible; to become able to (do)
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
as usual; as is one's habit
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
house to house; door to door
taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life
prefectural assembly member
retirement (from the world); seclusion
covered with; stained; smeared
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence