to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
good performance; good work; great success
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
to look forward to something
respectfully yours; kowtowing; kowtow
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to make a thundering sound; to make roar
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
for goodness' sake; for the love of God; I implore you, ...; I beg of you, ...
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
no way; that can't be true; nonsense!
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)