sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice
Heian-kyō; former name of Kyoto, capital city of Japan from 794 to 1869
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
Japanese-style confectionary store
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
unscrupulous business practices; fraudulent business practices; crooked business practices
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
pot holder; oven glove; oven mitt
choux (pastry); cream puff
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
health maintenance; health preservation
breast enlargement; breast enhancement; upper body photograph
grand ultimate fist; Tai Chi Chuan
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
error; fumble that leads to failing to put out a runner
half-width characters (e.g. romaji); single-byte characters; en quad
input; (data) entry; typing
black rotary-dial telephone
by the end of this year; before the year comes to a close; during this year
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
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
job hunting; job searching
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
Nobel laureate; Nobel-Prize winner
tolerance; broad-mindedness
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
spread; span; expanse; extent
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except