cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
turning to the left; left turn
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
green (colour); green (energy, car, etc.); environmentally friendly; greenland; green space; green (on a golf course)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
to paint (draw) a picture
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
rising; ascending; climbing
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)