just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
summer festival; summer matsuri
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
war; battle; match; game; competition
tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)
rather than; more ... than ...
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
no way!; no chance!; I don't want to do it!
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric
master; expert; brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.); excellent move
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
Capital of Trees (nickname for Sendai city)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
Nishizawa Jun'ichi (1926.9-)
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)