8th day of the month; eight days
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
to have a meal; to take a meal
commuting to school; school commute
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
platform; home; home base; home plate
to thrust down; to push off
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
innocent; cherubic; childlike
simply; merely; only; solely
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
color of honey (colour); honey-colored; honey-coloured
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
graceful; willowy; lissome; soft and tender
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
to let down one's hair; to undo hair