good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
(and) yet; but; for all that; nevertheless
actor; actress; player; performer
decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
dark (menswear) suit (midnight blue, black, etc.)
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
at the time; in those days; then
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to be intimate with; to befriend
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
to rant and rave; to raise hell
child (esp. one of elementary school age or younger)
banknote; bill; note; paper money
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
business person; business operator
(phonograph) record; record (esp. in sports); record (data structure)
sticky paper slip; sticky note
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
incidental; ancillary; accessory; secondary; collateral
material; materials; data; information; documents
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
strangling (to death); strangulation
self-exile; going into hiding
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed