staking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
the state (degree) of congestion; how bad traffic jams are
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern; snot bubble
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
smooth (i.e. without problems)
opposite bank; farther shore
along the river; riverside
ratio; proportion; percentage
sunscreen; sunblock; sun cream; suntan lotion
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
sunburn; suntan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. of paper); yellowing; drying up (of a river, field, etc.)
tanning salon; tanning parlor; tanning parlour
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
sunbathing; basking in the sun
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
the same kind; accomplice; partner
blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair
decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching
cosplay (dressing up as a character from an anime, manga, video game, etc.)
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.); contingent; camp; team
artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding; to win someone over (with food); to butter up
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
grandfather; male senior-citizen
advance; moving forward; progress
duty; obligation; responsibility
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession