specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
(not) merely; (not) simply
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
to dance; to perform a dance
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
close; intimate; on good terms
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
chirping bird; singing bird
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh; suddenly blushing; in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly