middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725)
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
movie director; film director
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.); to communicate
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
enumeration; citation; listing
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
format; procedure; way of proceeding
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
chop (pro wrestling move); knifehand strike; chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop (tennis); chop stroke
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
roller coaster; big dipper
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
Frankfurt (Germany); frankfurter; frank
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to pay attention; to be watchful
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will