upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
third day of the month; three days
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
fine white noodles served flowing in a small flume
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
mouth with a protruding lower lip and jaw; socket; receiving window; slot
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
high tide; high water; full tide
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size