startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy; glucose tablet
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
matter of time; question of time
it hasn't been long since
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
with a start; with a jump
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)