loud laughter; roaring with laughter
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
planning; plan; project; arrangements
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
tree (esp. a Christmas tree); tree (structure, diagram, etc.); thread (on Twitter)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
origami; art of paper folding; hallmark; certificate of authenticity
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
(small crunchy) dried sardines
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end; ghosting; unexplained and sudden ending of all communication and contact with another person
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
departure; leaving; setting off
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered