using every trick (in the book)
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
to do for (the sake of someone else)
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
practical; matter-of-fact; realistic; utilitarian; pragmatic
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
origin; source; beginning; starting point
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something)
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
copying (by hand); transcribing
propelling pencil; mechanical pencil
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
descendant; posterity; offspring
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
upper reaches of a river; upstream
bargain corner to sell off stock cheaply; cart sale