handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
prize money; monetary award; reward
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
button (clothing); push-button
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
study; research; investigation
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)
swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
returning tit for tat; retaliating
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
to take; to catch; to capture
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
coastal waters; adjacent seas
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
excursion; field trip; school trip
to say; to be called; to do
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
time; season; period; phase; stage