chicken; chicken game; chicken race
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
breathing of a sleeping person
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
hasty; rash; impatient; restless; quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
scale; scope; plan; structure
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
meeting hall; assembly hall
having one's own premises; Edo-period prostitute successful enough to have her own room in a brothel
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
multi-purpose auditorium; multi-purpose hall
shop, bar, etc. where live jazz, pop, rock, etc. is performed; live music club
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
rest; break; recess; intermission
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
middle of the night; dead of night
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
weather; fair weather; fine weather
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side