boat people (esp. from Vietnam); boat refugees; refugees fleeing by boat
drought disaster; drought damage
student advising; student guidance
Golden Globe Award; Golden Globe Awards
as a nation; with the whole country
feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted
aspect; phase; phenomenon
to tie up; to bind; to tuck up (clothes, etc.)
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
synchronization; synchronisation
traditional Japanese handball game
adventure course; (outdoor) obstacle course
sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka); red salmon
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
introverted; introspective, self-examining; centripetal
godparent; first person to give something its name
visiting multiple hot springs; onsen tour
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
underarm hair; armpit hair
not understanding; not knowing
to jingle; to jangle; to clink; to act lasciviously; to act coquettishly
to help up; to pick up; to bring safely to land
soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar
(arch.) beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer); hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)
level of popularity (with the opposite sex); degree of attractiveness
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
List of Astro Boy characters
noninterference; nonintervention
pouring hot water on oneself before entering the bathtub; hot water poured on oneself before entering the bathtub; pouring hot water on oneself repeatedly (type of hot-spring cure)