to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
repentance; confession; penitence
(turned out) all right in the end
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
in succession; one after another
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
fixed date; appointed day
student marriage (esp. university, college, etc. students)
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
present (brought by a visitor); gift
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
cruiser (i.e. warship or cabin cruiser)
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to push (something) against
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
Obito (hereditary title, often given to powerful regional families)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects