Hospital appointments and business trips crowded out my beloved yearly trip to Korea, and I reluctantly let it go rather than risk my health. Now I am craving Korean food, so Shin-Okubo, Tokyo's Koreatown, is next on my list.
| 重なる | かさなる | to overlap; to pile up |
| 無理矢理 | むりやり | forcibly; against one's better judgment |
| 泣く泣く | なくなく | reluctantly; with great regret |
| 諦める | あきらめる | to give up |
| 無性に | むしょうに | irresistibly; terribly (want to) |
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