person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
horned owl (any owl with horn-like ear tufts)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
various containers; miscellaneous receptacles; small wooden plate on which offerings for a Shinto home shrine are placed
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to say; to tell; to state; to do
short-tempered person; irritable person
sake in a tumbler; glassful of sake
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
izakaya; tavern, bar, etc. that also serves various dishes and snacks
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
equality; impartiality; evenness
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
near; close by; within reach; familiar
cessation; (coming to an) end
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
job hunting; job searching
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
Amaterasu Ōmikami (sun goddess)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
one after another; in rapid succession; without reservation; without hesitation; tramping; stomping