to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
rice cakes wrapped in oak leaves
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
slow, relaxed walk; stroll
rising up; towering; plump; chubby; shaggy; hairy
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
society; the world; the times
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
just because; even if; even though
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
irresistibly; suddenly; to be turned on; to be horny
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
the opposite sex; isomerism
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
pointing out; identification
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled