factory; plant; mill; workshop
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
still (continuing); as ever; further
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
(stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
to get a big surprise; to be astonished
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to spread one's legs; to agree to have sex (for a woman)
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
contest; comparison; competition
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
no matter how much time passes
va-va-vroom (esp. fast cars or bikes, sexy women or men); va-voom; vrrrm; sound of animal shaking its fur to dry off after getting wet (esp. dogs)
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
children's story; fairy tale
illustration (e.g. book); picture
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think