Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
hustle; working hard; doing with enthusiasm; showing eagerness; being full of vigour
aviator; flying ace; birdman
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
from here; from this place
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
to annoy; to cause trouble
to entrust; to leave to a person
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
late at night; small hours of the morning
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to be opposite; to face each other
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange