innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
ex post facto report; report after the event
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
hot summer day; day on which the temperature reaches at least 25 degrees Celsius
sunlight; rays of the Sun
bento; Japanese box lunch
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
in the morning; during the morning
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
shop; small store; business; firm
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
libertine; playboy; rake; lazy person
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away