decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
club activities (usu. clubs in association with a school); extracurricular activities
bento; Japanese box lunch
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
greeting; a fine thing to say
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
unidentified flying object; UFO
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
beforehand; in advance; previously
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
dispersing; breaking up; running away
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke