to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
defense; defence; protection
government; administration
correction; revision; amendment
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
way; method; means; resource; course
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
very much; exceedingly; extremely
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
boneless pork rib; boned pork rib
new building; new construction
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
commencing with; including
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
the way back; the way home; return trip
length (of an animal); body length
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
every year; yearly; annually
episode; anecdote; vignette
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to grow up; to become an adult
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
container (e.g. shipping); skip
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)