love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
temple; shrine; sanctuary
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
to be relieved of one's post
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
after school (at the end of the day)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
popular person; favorite; favourite
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
to take on a role; to take part
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
appointment; rendezvous; date
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)