retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
handrail; railing; banister
to grow fond of; to grow attached to; to become enamoured with
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
to stiffen; to become stiff
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
self-control; self-restraint
broken; intermittent; disconnected
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to run through; to run past
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)
to give a round of applause; to applaud
to mark the end; to spell the end
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
other; another; over; more than; I; me
staying up all night three nights in a row; triple all-nighter
with a thud; with a flop; with a plop; suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
elegant words; refined diction; poetic expression; classical poetic language (esp. of the Heian period)
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; swastika-shaped family crest; wow; yeah
oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)
rearrangement; reallocation; realignment; relocation
supporting; shoring up; promotion; propping-up; jacking-up; manipulation
clam sauce pasta; vongole (e.g. spaghetti alle vongole)
condor (incl. other New World vultures of family Cathartidae); Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth