realistic; practical; grounded
fall season; autumn season
Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree; enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank
traditional Japanese dance
spreading the legs (wide apart); opening the legs
mid-air breakage or disintegration
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
such a thing; something like that
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
one's own style; self-taught manner
to form a circle; to stand in a circle
box cutter; utility knife
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
choreography; dance composition; dance coaching
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring
to cramp; to be cramped; to contract
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
to complete decisively; to do to completion
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
natural; reasonable; understandable
mysterious power of words to alter reality
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off