tag (children's game); tig
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
air-permeability; breathability
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
counter for birds or rabbits
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
acting ability; talent as a performer
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
advance payment; money paid in advance
to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tin foil
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
customization; customisation
cold feeling; psychroesthesia
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to be oppressed by heat; to swelter; to boil; to seethe
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
candied apple; toffee apple
partially consumed drink; partially consuming a drink
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
being about to cry; the verge of tears