very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
horizon (related to bodies of water)
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
fixed date; appointed day
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
several weeks; a few weeks
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
degree of familiarity; popularity
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to stiffen; to become stiff
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
ardent; passionate; vehement
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
evening; dusk; evening scene; evening landscape; light of the setting sun
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
development; exploitation
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike