because of; owing to; due to
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
two (long cylindrical things)
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
study of foreign languages; linguistics
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
email friend; email penpal
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
to refuse; to decline; to deny
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
ex post facto report; report after the event
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
decorum; propriety; politeness
suddenly; all of a sudden
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)