right in the midst of; right at the height of
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
offensive (movement); aggression
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
high tension (as in electronics, etc.); excited; enthusiastic
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
because; for; the reason why is ...
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
putting on the pressure; pushing forward; being pressed; being under pressure
follower; attendant; valet; servant
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
(something) like that; that sort of; resembling; seemingly authentic; genuine-looking; realistic
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
suitable or moderate temperature
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to congratulate; to celebrate
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
entreaty; supplication; petition
appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)
physiological phenomenon; physiological response
absolute obedience; complete submission
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
sooner or later; in due time; in due course
selfish; self-centred; egotistical