red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
flashing lights; revolving lights; lights used on the top of emergency vehicles
inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening; inspection (esp. by police or security)
husband and wife; married couple
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
(ice cream) cone; (speaker) cone; (traffic) cone; corn; maize
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
handbrake; parking brake; emergency brake
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
mountain hunt; combing the mountains (for a criminal, etc.)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
fields (of rice and other crops)
protuberance; projection; prominence; protrusion; bump; boss
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
esophagus; oesophagus; gullet
what article (of a legal document, etc.); what clause; which street; (arch.) how can (one possibly do ...); (arch.) cannot possibly ...
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
in the mountains; among the mountains
to break the silence; to break one's silence
to bind; to fasten; to tie up
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
elder sister; effeminate man
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to give a little chuckle; to let out a giggle
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
opening of a scabbard; mouth of a sword sheath; style of shirt with carp-mouth shaped sleeves
contest of strength; trial of strength
(and) yet; but; for all that; nevertheless