genius; prodigy; natural gift
foreign; abroad; overseas
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
family structure; family composition; family makeup
older sister; elder sister
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
control; management (e.g. of a business)
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
Golden Week; string of public holidays in late April-early May
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
basin (e.g. between mountains)
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
fields (of rice and other crops)
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
(made of) stone; stone-built
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
still; even now; to this day
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
skeletal remains; dry bones of a corpse; human skeleton
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)