postbox; mailbox; pillar box
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
(passenger) car; automobile
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
singing voice; (sound of) singing
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
kanji "water" radical (radical 85)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
children's song; nursery rhyme
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
musical composition; tune
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
soulful (esp. of music); having a lot of soul
number; number plate; license plate
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
convex traffic mirror at a road curve
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again