shouts used when viewing fireworks (from names of Edo-period fireworks vendors)
crank call; prank call; nuisance call
strong motivation; aggressive ambition; hunger for success; (lit.) hungry spirit
karintō (sugar-coated cookie made from fried dough)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
unintentionally; calmly; inadvertently; innocently
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
to establish; to formulate
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
Nagano (city, prefecture)
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
wild beast; wild animal; brute
selection; choice; picking out
recovery; undoing; recall
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
special training; intensive training; crash course
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)