person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
young tuna (esp. northern bluefin tuna under 1 meter)
to surge (water or waves)
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
senior; elder; person older than oneself
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
the reason is ...; it is because ...
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
that is to say; so that means
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
hills and fields; countryside
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
as (one) walks on, and on
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
like; similar to; same as
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)