to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
youthful; young; young-looking
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
final; eventual; ultimate
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
without; unless; have to do
to choke; to have trouble breathing
death by suffocation; death by choking
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
school building; schoolhouse
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
annual (plant); first-year student
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
cannot be compared with; no match for
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
to go past; to pass; to pass by
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
to dye fast; to leave undyed
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
white background; blank; female virgin
Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush); toothpick; natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony); black characters; black text
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
is never the case; has never happened
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
this for sure; certainly is
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)