daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
dozens; scores of; decades
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
synopsis; precis; summary; gist; outline
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
family; members of a family
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
dispiritedness; dejection; languor; becoming flat (e.g. beer, carbonated drinks); becoming stale
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from somebody at first hand
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fantuus
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
outline; summary; roughly; generally; great ingenuity; excellent resourcefulness
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
young man in his prime; swaggerer; ruffian
surroundings; environs; circumference
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle