congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to make a distinction; to differ; to be different
company housing; housing provided by one's company
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
metropolitan tramway; tram operated by the metropolitan government (esp. Tokyo)
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
guardians; parents; father and older brother
having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
coherence; order; focus; point
to run about; to rush about
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
beforehand; in advance; previously
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to learn something through hearing
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
obscure; vague; ambiguous
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
door; gate; opening; title page
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to