word; term; language; speech
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
one by one; one after another; successively
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
to be softened; to calm down
7th day of the month; seven days
lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
while; during; performed in this condition
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
cardboard box for mandarin oranges
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
to change color (of leaves in autumn); to turn red; to ripen (and change color); to become sexually aware; to reach puberty
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume
swaying (with large slow movements); shaking
change of position; displacement
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
dog paddle (swimming style); doggy paddle
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
floundering while nearly drowning; suffering
matter of time; question of time
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment