curtain; hanging; bunting
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
school building; schoolhouse
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
self-consciousness; self-awareness
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
many; much; plenty; hardly
winning ticket; lucky number
luck in lotteries; luck in raffles
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
retreating figure; appearance from behind
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to detain; to check; to restrain
news; word; tidings; omen
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki)
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to fall in love (with); to love
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)