relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
site; point on a map; spot
inn town; post town; post-station town
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
stone knife (Jomon-period tool, shaped like a rice spoon)
Poaceae (family comprising the true grasses); Gramineae
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
being addicted to; being wholly absorbed by; falling ill; becoming sick
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
evening sky; twilight sky
to prick up one's ears; to listen attentively; (lit.) to make one's ears (like) Dumbo's
synchronization; synchronized swimming