godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
option; choice; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
perfect (for); ideal; just right; most suitable; tailor-made
evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
beach sandals; flip-flops; thongs; pluggers; jandals
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to taste; to savor; to relish
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
conferral of a posthumous rank
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
platform; home; home base; home plate
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is