wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be dejected; to be exhausted; to be tired out
sincere; earnest; serious
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
chilly; unpleasantly cold
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
stone mortar; millstone; quern
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe