bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
belief; faith; conviction
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
three; three years of age
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
good-for-nothing; worthless
letter; missive; note; mail
heart; guts; nerve; central part
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
madly in love; completely charmed (by); from the heart; entirely; (arch.) bottom of one's heart
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
original picture; key frame; key animation
being argued into silence; being left speechless
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
congeniality; satisfaction; gratification
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
white horse; unrefined sake
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)