very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
letter; missive; note; mail
devotion; attachment; infatuation
marriage proposal; courtship
to sulk; to be peevish; to run away from home
from where one sits; while sitting by
to throw away; to abandon
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
opposite bank; farther shore
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
belly-to-back suplex (pro wrestling move)
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
first 10 days of the month
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
marathon training in physical education classes in Japanese schools
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to fold up; to fold into layers
examination paper; examination script; answer sheet; answer (to an exam question)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to carry out to completion; to carry through; to see (something) through; to complete; to accomplish
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish