narrator; storyteller; reciter
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
going on about oneself; talking about oneself
latent disposition; inner feelings
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
scale; scope; plan; structure
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
jam-packed; packed in like sardines
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to ask a question; to ask questions
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
cake served with tea; teacake
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
early on; earlier on; from early
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together