delivery; transfer; hand-over
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
scene; sight; scenario; setting
phantom; vision; illusion
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
depiction; description; portrayal
bud; sprout; shoot; opening of a bud
frequent appearance; frequent occurrence
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
talk; recital; narration; topic
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
sympathy; empathy; response
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
to blow (of autumn wind); to fall out of love
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
different thing; another question; different case
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
autumn breeze; fall breeze
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
sign; indication; omen; symptom
explanation; interpretation
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that