gurgling (e.g. of water); burbling; bubbling; glugging
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
timewise; temporal; chronal
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
being startled; getting a shock
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
already completely (did, happened, etc.); already entirely
coarse, low-grade tea; tea (often used when offering someone a cup)
chocolate chips; chocolate chip
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
outer surface; outside; outward appearance; manner (with others); demeanour
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
Lake Akan (Hokkaidō); Akanko
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
righteye flounder (any fish of family Pleuronectidae)
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
basic mistake; careless mistake
(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
full of energy; full of liveliness; full of pep
fresh; (liquid) non-dairy creamer; coffee whitener
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs