to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet
patient; unhurried; leisurely
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
ancient Japanese (as spoken in Japan until the Middle Ages)
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
victim; injured party; sufferer
without delay; smoothly; without a hitch
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
turning point; transition phase
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
each; (arch.) you (plural)
waypoint (e.g. with a GPS); checkpoint
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
date of issue; date of publication
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
27th day of the month; 27 days
author (usu. of a particular book); writer