courting; wooing; making advances
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
triangular bandage; sling; triangular kerchief; bandana; bandanna
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
leadership; initiative; spearhead
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
marriage proposal; courtship
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
boarding position (e.g. on train platform)
putting (a named suspect) on the wanted list
secret art; secret technique; mysteries (of an art)
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
kind deed; (a) kindness; helping others; helping someone
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
hard to handle; difficult to handle; awkward to handle; hard to deal with; unwieldy
scorching; scorch; scorched rice (at the bottom of the pot); crispy rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
to become calm (of the wind, sea, etc.); to die down
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
to be affected by another's misfortune; to get caught up in trouble not of one's own making
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded