Matsuura is my best friend.

I was born and raised in Wakamatsu.

I spend more time with my family at the end of the year.

I am studying hard for the end-of-term exams.

He is suffering from a terminal illness.

Learning about the history of the final years of the Edo era is very important for understanding contemporary Japanese society.

As a New Year's decoration, I set up a kadomatsu.

Matsuzawa is my best friend.

Using tail recursion can sometimes improve the performance of a program.

Tail call optimization is an important technique for improving the performance of recursive functions.