dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
incident; affair; happening; event
to pile up; to accumulate
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
favorite; favourite; habitually used
close; intimate; on good terms
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
to rush over; to run up to
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
overcrowding; crowded; congestion
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
indicate reason; infers some protest
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to state; to express; to mention
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
how many years; how long; what year
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)