heat haze; shimmer of hot air
reflection; reflected light; reflected heat; glare
diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
to pierce through; to break through
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
home area; home town; local
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
sickroom; hospital room; ward
inside the House; inside the Diet; inside the hospital
each place; various places
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
occasional; infrequent; rare
famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
river; stream; River; the ... river
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
here and there; in places
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to desperately cover up; to hide at all costs
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.