festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
moderate; proper; just right
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
impression of the teeth; tooth mold (mould); tooth mark; teeth marks
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
forgetting; lapse of memory
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
establishment (of a business); founding
savior; saviour; rescuer; the Savior; the Saviour
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
Mariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to begin talking; to open up
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
walls have ears; (lit.) walls have ears, sliding doors have eyes
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to leave something as it is