to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
to long (for); to yearn (for); to love ardently; to do eagerly; to do with restless anticipation
to fall in love (with); to fall for; to be attracted (by); to be charmed (by); to forget oneself; to be entranced (by)
Otaru canal (Otaru, Hokkaido)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
brightness of snow; reflected light of snow; (by) snow light
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
illicit sexual relationship
river surface; surface of a river
fishery; fishing; catch; haul
place for boarding vehicles; bus stop; bus terminal; railway platform; taxi stand; jetty
shachihoko; shachi; mythical animal with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish; roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
tourist information center; tourist information centre
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
rain cover; tarpaulin; awning; taking shelter from rain
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
thawing of snow; thaw; thaw (in relations)
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
grandfather; male senior-citizen
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
aquarium (building); oceanarium
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
what's what; heads or tails
famous product; widely known (local) specialty
arrest; apprehension; capture