food; food products; foodstuffs
cooperation; coordination; link
many; much; plenty; hardly
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
nothing but; none other than
decision; settlement; definition
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
schedule; program; programme; agenda
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to look forward to something
as soon as possible; ASAP
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
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
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
solitude; loneliness; isolation
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Aomori (city, prefecture)
snowy; covered in deep snow
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
right in the midst of; right at the height of
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)