currently accepting (applications, etc.)
southern alps (of Japan); Minami Alps (city in Yamanashi-ken)
aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser
best moment to take a picture; right timing (for a photograph); photo opportunity
(taking a) spectacular photograph; photo taken at just the right moment
gun; pistol; tiddlywinks; marbles; repellence
perfect; complete; flawless
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
hairy; thickly haired; shaggy
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
pace; rate; pitch (i.e. angle, space, field, sound, etc.); pitch (from distilling petroleum, tar, etc.); pitch (football, rugby); playing field
pot; volcanic crater; (one's) buttocks; male homosexual; effeminate man
and; thereupon; because of that
first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
ahead; before; the future
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
prayer (for something); supplication
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
to flare up; to fly into a rage
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail