to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
funny story; funny anecdote
cooling oneself outdoors on a summer evening; enjoying the evening cool
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to have time free; to have time to spare
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
consenting to; agreeing to; understanding; being convinced of; being satisfied
tyranny; abuse of power; violence (e.g. of a storm)
to breathe out; to exhale
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
courtesy call; courtesy visit
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
rebellious phase; rebellious age
height of; middle of; full bloom
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to emphasize; to attach importance to
secret meeting; clandestine meeting
distrust; unjust suspicion
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
facing downward; lying face down; upside down; prone
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale