I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
(short) jacket; blouson; ski jumper; jumping event athlete; jumper lead; jumper wire
right side; right-hand side
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
odorless; odourless; unscented
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition