to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
butterfly net; net for catching insects
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
that day; the very same day
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
research project (e.g. at school); independent research
observation; survey; watching
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to gather; to collect; to assemble
study group; study meeting
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
even if; even though; however; no matter how
shopping; purchased goods
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet