pons (pontes); pons Varolii; pontine; part of the brain stem (links the medulla oblongata and cerebellum with the midbrain)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
unless one ...; if one does not ...
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to lure someone; to entice someone
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
decoration; ornament; trimmings
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to be too late; to be too slow
flight; desertion; escape
course; route; path; process; means
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)