interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
considerably; greatly; a lot
devotion; attachment; infatuation
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
that's the way it is; such is life
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
snivel; nasal mucus; snot
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
existence; possession; having; limited company
those (near the second person)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
again (and again); once again; yet again
newspaper reporter; print journalist
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
one's old bones; aged body
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to rise up; to initiate (political) action
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
Island; insula; island; islet
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row