an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million); 10^60 (or 10^72)
princess; daughter of a nobleman
department store; department
play equipment; playground equipment
forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
youthful; young; young-looking
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
kindergartener; preschooler
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
battlefield; battleground
lower region; lower part; region below
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
while moving; on the move
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
stillness; repose; standing still
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
conversely; on the contrary