to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
all over (the place); throughout; everywhere; every inch; every part; from head to toe
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
national holiday; public holiday
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
end of consecutive holidays
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
such; like that; that sort of; very
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
amount of money; sum of money
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
(medical) doctor; physician
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
bishop wood (Bischofia javanica); barked tree; red tree
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
much; remarkably; not at all (with neg. verb); quickly and vigorously; unhesitatingly
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
solitary cell; solitary confinement cell; isolation cell
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
flute; fife; pipe; whistle