plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
bento; Japanese box lunch
to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait
period of time; time slot; time zone
opposite direction; reverse; retrorse
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
Ootomo no Yakamochi (718?-785)
leaves turning red (in autumn); red leaves; autumn colours; fall colors
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
to limp; to drag one's feet
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
exhausted; worn out; battered (esp. of clothing); worn out; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations