in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
research; study; investigation
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to agree on; to agree about
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to be away from home; to be out of the house
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
first shrine visit of the New Year
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
several years; a few years
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle