period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
closing of a park (e.g. theme park, botanical garden, etc.)
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
entrance; entering; admission; admittance
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
information board; building directory
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)
(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story); rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)
orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being; roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
in a tousled manner; in a ruffled fashion; in a disorderly manner; with a fluster; confusedly; messily
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
crawl (swimming); front crawl; forward crawl; (web) crawling
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
to tower extremely high; to pierce the sky; to overflow (with energy); to run high (of spirits, momentum, etc.); to surge (of a feeling)
avenue of cedars (cryptomeria)
natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses); calthrop; caltrap
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
footballer; football player
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
not taking the slightest notice (of); not giving the slightest consideration (to); paying absolutely no attention (to)