one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.; cue card; crib sheet; cheat sheet
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
item; article; dish; course; finest item
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to blaze; to burn brightly
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
flies that appear in Tohoku and Hokkaido in late autumn or early winter (esp. the woolly apple aphid); flies that appear above fallen snow in the early spring (esp. certain species of small winter stonefly and true crane fly)
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
one's own work; making by oneself
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
splish-splash; with a splash
butterfly (swimming stroke); G-string; gee-string
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
impossible; unlikely; improbable
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush