speaking voice; talking voice
judo practitioner; judoka
clerk; office worker; office staff
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
to set (sun); to become dark
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
assertion; declaration; affirmation
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
vigorously ...; suddenly ...
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to intend; to be sure that
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
(a place) out of one's reach
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service