to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
watermelon splitting (game)
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
supply; provision; raising; procurement
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look
to be a matter of life or death
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions