Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
head over heels; headlong; head first
to carry out one's mission
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
as many (people) as possible
to worry (about); to be worried (about); to be troubled (by); to be pained (by); to be distressed (by)
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
leaving early (for work); (taking the) early shift
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
to jump from one thing to another
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
(large) gun; cannon; artillery; long-ball hitter; home-run hitter
Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra); crested black macaque; Sulawesi crested macaque; black ape
someone; a certain person
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
giant arm; huge arm; oversized arm
halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made
throwing down multiple objects in succession; at once in great numbers
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity