year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
catch and release (fishing)
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
intelligence; intellect; brains
revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
establishment (of a business); founding
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
coming to a store (restaurant, bar, shop, etc.)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to give; to do (something) for
tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)
black-spotted pond frog (Rana nigromaculata)
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
compressed gas cylinder; aerosol spray can
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air
daily allowance; daily wages
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
rare; extraordinary; singular
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
earnings from a part-time job
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
100,000; hundred thousand
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person