thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
ladle; tadpole; musical note
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to lure someone; to entice someone
jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
from morning to evening; all day long
croak; ribbit; sound of frogs
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to grow taller (of people)
to be muddy; to be slushy
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
persistence; single-mindedness
beach sandals; flip-flops; thongs; pluggers; jandals
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)