bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
plaster cast; cast; gypsum; plaster-of-paris
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work; the May blues
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
slight; little; insignificant
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to pluck; to pick; to tear
to fall flat; to fall face down
changing clothes; change of clothes
inside the House; inside the Diet; inside the hospital
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
to boost; to force up; to push up
vitality; energy; dynamism
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
in the hospital; hospitalized
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to show up; to appear; to turn up
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
to be intimate with; to befriend
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
is something that; is that which
guardian; protector; patron; parent
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
duty; obligation; responsibility