hollow; cavity; dent; depression
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
ex-wife; former wife; previous wife
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
Silver Star (US Army decoration)
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); (arch.) Japan
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
street at night; making a night journey
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
gas station; petrol station; filling station
such; like that; that sort of
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
invisibly; secretly; privately
audiovisual; adult video; porn video; pornographic video
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...