boy; son; baby boy; young man
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
society; the world; the times
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
spring break; spring vacation
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
older sister; elder sister
family vacation; family trip
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
bento; Japanese box lunch
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
first-rate; finest quality; the best
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited