first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
good person; virtuous person
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
living room (Japanese-style)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor; inquirer
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
to speak; to say; to vocalize
calm; composed; self-possessed; firm
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise