blunder; bungle; clumsiness
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to check; to stop; to keep back
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
both; both sides; both parties
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
straw rope-patterned ancient Japanese pottery
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
loop; band; loop (in a program); looping (of a video, slideshow, etc.); repeating (e.g. of a conversation); time loop (in fiction); temporal loop
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
as a child; when one was a child
close; intimate; on good terms
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
color tag (children's game)
tag game variant in which a player cannot be tagged if above the ground
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
dozens; scores of; decades