pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
January; first month of the lunar calendar
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to concern; to be related
wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family
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
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
place; room; margin; scope
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
to express (in words); to confess
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
general comment; Sohyo (General Council of Trade Unions of Japan)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)