essential; important; crucial; vital; main
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
lotus leaf; vulgar; wanton
(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
tendency; trend; inclination
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
spurious letter; apocryphal book; forgery
enrollment in kindergarten; enrollment in nursery school; entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.
Anatidae (duck family of birds)
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
superhero in a tokusatsu TV show (e.g. Ultraman, Kamen Rider)
to unfold; to unroll; to open
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
eared seal (esp. the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus); sea lion
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
this occasion; at this time; now
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to overdo; to do too much
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
feeling good; feeling nice; feeling pleasant
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
(large) building; public building; hall
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route
yes or no answer; agreement or disagreement; consent or refusal
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale