operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
waiting for the traffic lights to change
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
minimum; at the very least
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
non-highway road; toll-free road; local road; road shadowed by trees, mountain, etc.
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
rental car; rent-a-car; hired auto; car rental agency; car hire agency; hire car agency
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to rock; to shake; to swing
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
crash; kurash (wrestling)
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
before the end of this year
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest