blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
quite right; indeed; truly; well said
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
retainer; attendant; escort
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
suffix for familiar person
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to spread; to be propagated
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
(right at the) side; just beside
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance