beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
conviction; belief; confidence
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to approach; to draw near
difficult to ...; hard to ...
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
limbs; arms and legs; body
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)