startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
primness; prim person; clear soup
useable footage ratio; proportion of footage that can be used for the final cut
special selection; finest pick; top pick
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
education; training; discipline
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
process; course; mechanism
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
bluff; false show of power; bold front
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
new student; freshman; first-year student
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
informal social gathering; convivial meeting; get-together
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
wind music; wind instrument music
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
to throw open; to leave open