association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
through a (computer, etc.) screen
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
drawcard; attractive program; good match; good game
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite; to rouse; to stir
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
barn (for storage); shed; outbuilding
variation in color (colour); having a different color
Hydrangea macrophylla var. thunbergii (variety of bigleaf hydrangea); sweet hydrangea leaf; hydrangea tea
barracuda (Sphyraena spp.)
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to bury; to embed; to implant
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
security; guarantee; collateral; guarantee (e.g. of safety)
diminutive used with names, etc.; diminutive adjective ending
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
out of range; outside the limits (of ...); outside (a) range; outside the scope
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)
to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive; to bilk; to swindle; to dupe
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention