tall figure; high stature
freckles; buckwheat chaff
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
slow; sluggish; bushy (hair); thick; unfashionable; lacking style
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
sorry; excuse me; thank you
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
sympathy; empathy; response
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
silence (not speaking); muteness
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
older employee who does not have much actual work
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
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