back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
teatime; tea break; coffee break
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
guess; conjecture; surmise
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
cache; place to hide something
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
writing with a pen; drawing with a pen
to translate; to interpret
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)
solving a riddle; solving a mystery
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
person who sets questions (for an exam or quiz)
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)