cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
questions and answers; dialogue
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
scramble intersection; pedestrian scramble; X-crossing; diagonal crossing; intersection allowing pedestrians to cross simultaneously in any direction
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
to push aside; to brush aside
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
overhead wires; elevated railway
empty lot; vacant plot of land
finely chiseled (features)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon