personality; style; appearance
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
meaning; connotation; denotation
(hand) weapon; (arch.) one's forte; (arch.) one's special skill; (arch.) weapon one is skilled in using
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to knock down; to send flying
to grumble about something (trivial)
top part of the head; crown; parietal region
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
offense and defense; offence and defence
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
air-raid shelter; bomb shelter
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
thickly (of smoke, steam, etc.); stiflingly (hot air); suffocatingly; pungently
stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
messy; confused; chaotic; in a nagging manner; (complaining) about various things
flash (esp. of a camera); flashlight; very short scene in a film or TV show; newsflash
speaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
falling asleep in one's clothes; lying down to nap; crashing out
potato chips; potato crisps
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
sales promotion; hard selling
large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi
to be oppressed by heat; to swelter; to boil; to seethe
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
fishing boat; boat-shaped hanging flower vase
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
to jump on (a horse); to jump onto (a bus, train, etc.); to jump into (a taxi)
Osaka Prefecture (Kinki area)
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with