soccer; (association) football; seersucker
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)
flapping of wings; wingbeat; flap; flutter
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
more than anything (else)
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
for the first time in one's life
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor