Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
vibrator; vibe; feeling; vibes; vibraphone; vibration
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
to move forward; to move on
ignorant of the ways of the world
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy
Planet of the Apes (novel and series of films)
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
ultimate; final; last; eventual
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
generation; the world; the age
nine; team; players on a team; no
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
looking up a word or kanji by its reading (rather than by its radical or stroke count); katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark
patient; unhurried; leisurely
(one) letter; (one) character
dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)