sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
evening; last night; yesterday evening
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
hibernation; staying indoors during winter
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
than; from; out of; except; but; more
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
just above; right overhead
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
big and round (eyes, shaven head, etc.)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
European magpie (Pica pica)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client