rave reviews; extremely high praise
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
good feeling; feeling good
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
wherein; therein; thereinto
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to feel; to sense; to experience
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
(a place) out of one's reach
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
electricity; (electric) light
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
how long; how far; how much