busy place; busy street; place that's always bustling with people; amusement quarters
swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach; seawater baths
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
great storm; very severe weather; upset; surprise result; agitation; upheaval
worker; (manual) laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
22nd day of the month; 22 days
artificial mountain in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)
last week; the week before
civic guidance; non-curricular educational guidance; medical guidance
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed
heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled
judgment; judgement; discernment
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy
to throw (oneself); to hurl; to cast; to stir (one's feelings); to get excited; to make (one's heart) pound
many; much; plenty; hardly
multiple personality; split personality
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
chalk; choke (hold); choke (of an engine)
throw; throwing; resigning (a game of shogi, go, etc.); giving up; selling at a loss; sell-off
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to be amused; to find something interesting
superior; superiors; senior
personality; style; appearance
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
maintaining the status quo
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; (lit.) hotpot magistrate
domineering husband; hectoring husband; husband who rules the roost
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake