yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
(made of) stone; stone-built
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
to speak through the nose; to nasalize
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
day on which the temperature rises above 30 degrees Celsius
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
Mie prefecture (Kinki area)
full impact; packing a punch
recreational area; leisure land
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
very; much; greatly; a lot of
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
originally; by nature; from the start
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
fall; drop; descent; coming down
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
inattention; absent-mindedness
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation