to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
Japanese film; Japanese painting
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to feel depressed; to be down
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
occasional; infrequent; rare
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
process; course; mechanism
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
adherence (to one's beliefs); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground
praise; glorification; extolment
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
of paramount importance; extremely important; essential
quarrel; dispute; argument
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence