recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
police officer; policeman; policewoman
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
long ago; already; a long time ago
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce
candied (chestnuts); sweetened boiled fish
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
misjudgment; misjudgement
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
because of; owing to; due to
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
be careful about fire; watch out for fire
finish; finishing; finishing touches
filtration; filtering; percolation
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
troublesome; annoying; complicated
environment; circumstance
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match