idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
middle of the night; dead of night
interior; inside; internal
taking a picture secretly; taking a sneak shot; making a secret video recording; filming without someone's knowledge
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
chances of winning (a bet); odds
betting ticket; betting slip
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
number; number plate; license plate
registration; accession; register; entry; record
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
blouson; jacket gathered at the waist
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
to go out and away; to leave
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
general idea; concept; notion
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved