drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
whenever you want; any time you like
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
confused; flustered; at a loss
password; watchword; motto; slogan
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
secret story; unknown episode
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
young person; youth; young
bank; banking institution
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
thousands; several thousand
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
actor; actress; player; performer
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
making constant reference to
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned