reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
being startled; getting a shock
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to raise one's voice; to shout
ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors; collective ancestral spirit; (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together
enumeration; citation; listing
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
ultrasonic waves; ultrasound
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
on the occasion of; at the time of
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
timing-wise; timewise; seasonal; depending on the time
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
for a while; for some time; for a period
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
covering private parts (esp. actors during filming); minimal bikini bottom (held only by tiny straps or adhesive tape); lined hakama that bulge in the front
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering
from out of nowhere; from who knows where