empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
cool summer; cold summer; cooler-than-normal summer
intolerable; unbearable; irresistible; tremendous; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
story; tale; talk; discussion
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
will not do; do not; does not
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
official in charge; person in charge
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
police; police officer; police station
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
time; season; period; phase; stage
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
short joke; quick one-liner; one-shot joke
ancient Shinto music and dancing
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
the end (of); last time (doing); finishing up; closing
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
boy; son; baby boy; young man