excellent; very good; exultant; elated
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to cower in fear; to be scared; to be nervous
inside one's heart; in one's mind
with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
to jump upon (a moving object)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
quick work; (clever) feat
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to shake off; to throw off
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
house; dwelling; human habitation
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
shooting up one after another
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
to slide down; to slip down
to prostrate oneself before
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
beyond; across; the other side; the distance