futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
final; eventual; ultimate
height of; middle of; full bloom
summer vacation; summer holiday
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to telephone; to make a phone call
basin (e.g. between mountains)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to throw into; to toss into
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
ice shaver; shaved ice machine
to look around; to look towards (us)
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
number; number plate; license plate
runaway ninja; fugitive ninja
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
occupancy (rate); share (e.g. of market)
to work without sleep or rest
to recover one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to revive; to be refreshed; to be invigorated; to be encouraged
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
it's been a long time; long time no see