to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut
chorus; singing in a chorus
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
tadpole; ancient seal-script character
ladle; tadpole; musical note
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
at first; initially; in the beginning
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
obscene; indecent; dirty; improper
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
rise and fall; fluctuation
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
and then; and so; and; so then
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
mistress; lover; prostitute
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things