memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to get strong; to gain strength
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
action committee; executive committee
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
suited figure; person in a suit
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
memory; sense; experience
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
shortsighted; narrow-minded
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)