fragile item; broken article
rain shower while the sun shines; sun shower; procession of will-o'-the-wisps seen at night; jack-o'-lantern parade
Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
handbag; purse; briefcase; attache case
to be replaced with new growth
exemplification; illustrating by example
to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with
hard struggle; strenuous effort
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
red and white candy stick sold at children's festivals
prejudice; bias; distorted view
collection of essays (miscellaneous writings, literary jottings, etc.)
disaster hood; protective hood worn during earthquakes and other disasters (e.g. to protect from falling objects)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
epic film; big-budget movie
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
time; hour; season; time of the year
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
at the point of death; almost dead; about to die; at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)
(the impression of being) soft and flexible
demonstration; show of force
Taurus (constellation); the Bull
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae); Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to collapse into; to flop onto