shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
place for boarding vehicles; bus stop; bus terminal; railway platform; taxi stand; jetty
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
weeping cherry (Prunus spachiana); shidare cherry
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
unable to resist; unable to suppress
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to jump upon (a moving object)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
large-scale, long-running TV series (esp. of period pieces produced by NHK)
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate