disaster film; disaster movie
thrifty person; frugal person; economizer
movie set; filming location
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
watermelon splitting (game)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
being drawn to many things; distraction; difficulty of choice; difficulty in choosing; being unable to decide
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
proportions (esp. body proportions); proportionate width; ratio
good-looking; fair; beautiful
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
(department) store; (department) stores
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
salty sea breeze; salt wind
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
horizon (related to bodies of water)
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage