indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to shake out; to draw a check (bill, draft, etc.); to issue (e.g. money order); to infuse (e.g. in hot water)
minitruck; light truck; small truck; light pickup
Genchū era (of the Southern Court; 1384.4.28-1392.10.5)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
China and Japan; the middle day; the equinoctial day
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
texture (cloth, fabric, paper); feel; appearance
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
half and half; fifty-fifty
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
a coupler; a splice; a successor; an heir
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate