dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
black cat; Yamato Transport (door-to-door delivery service company)
window-side; window (seat, e.g. on a plane)
American continent; the Americas
good or bad luck; fortune
to relate to; to connect with
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
to take a picture; to take a photo
common humanity; shared humanity; shared by humanity
based on; on the basis of
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
firm; strong; solid; stable
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
loop; band; loop (in a program); looping (of a video, slideshow, etc.); repeating (e.g. of a conversation); time loop (in fiction); temporal loop
to come back (of an illness, cold weather, etc.); to return; to recur; to happen again
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
(courteous) invitation; call
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
organic; organic chemistry; organic compound
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
agitation; stirring; whipping; beating