to run about; to rush about
research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
proposal; proposition; suggestion
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
study of antiquities; archaeology; archeology
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
heart and soul; all one's heart; all one's energy
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
immediately; right away; on the spot
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to need; to demand; to take; to require
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
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
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
unidentifiable; unidentified
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
official name; formal name
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
eternal; everlasting; perpetual; immemorial
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
such; like that; that sort of
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful