to rain incessantly; to downpour
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to come back; to bloom a second time
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
electrically powered; electric
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
almost; roughly; approximately
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
number of characters; number of letters; word count
modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
results; record; grades; marks
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
within; inside of; less than
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
posing a question; question
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
(act of) masturbation; pleasuring oneself
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
number one; first; best; most; game; round
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup
answer sheet; blank answer paper; examination paper; test paper
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball); snapshot (esp. of people); snap fastener; press stud
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to