fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
without cause; without reason
all; entire; whole; altogether
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
sweet and sour; bittersweet
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
failure; mistake; blunder
now that; since; so long as; because
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
very popular; highly favoured
to become empty; to be emptied
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
race (of people); type of person
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to paint (draw) a picture