friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to form a group; to form a bunch
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway; Tomei Expressway
be (that) as it may; having said that
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
car model; type of (wheeled) vehicle; vehicle classification
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
papaya (Carica papaya); pawpaw
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)