sign; indication; omen; symptom
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore); snow woman
Kanmon Straits (between Honshu and Kyushu)
senior high school student
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
one part; one portion; one section
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
embroidered satin baseball jacket; embroidered satin college jacket
blood relationship; blood relative
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
in perfect form; going swimmingly
to perfect; to detail; to polish; (arch.) to make (inside something)
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
drunkard; heavy drinker; boozer
to be worn down; to be reduced
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour