concession; conciliation; compromise
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
blowing one's top; losing it; flipping out
measuring container; measuring box; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
the best time for doing something is as soon as you've thought of it; there's no time like the present; (lit.) it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea
everything; anything; nothing
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
fixed date; appointed day
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
talk; story; conversation
several weeks; a few weeks
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
destination (one is heading towards); goal
aquarium (building); oceanarium
good performance; good work; great success
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
entry (into a library, museum, etc.); entering
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
male homosexual's partner; buttocks; anus
simple; easy; simplistic; inexpensive; cheap
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
to wail; to bawl; to cry loudly; to shout (while crying)
drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, incl. porpoises, belugas, etc.)
very careful; thoroughly prepared
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
earless seal (Phocidae); true seal; seal
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through