to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
snuggling; nuzzling; cuddling
sour look; surly face; pout
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
very; extremely; excessively
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
contemplation; meditation
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to face on; to look out on to
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
candied apple; toffee apple
calamity; disaster; misfortune
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
being good-for-nothing; useless person
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
while; during (the time when)
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
invisibly; secretly; privately
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to talk; to carry meaning