congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds
guardians; parents; father and older brother
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to tower; to rise; to soar
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
one plate (of food); one dish; one helping
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
season (for fruit, seafood, etc.); best time of the year (for); in vogue; popular; hot
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
act of violence; violent behavior
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
in any case; at all events; no matter how things turn out; whichever way it goes