making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
whole day and night; 24 hours
trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise
shopping; purchased goods
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
street fighting; urban warfare
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
to cheer up; to be stirred up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
to feel nauseated; to feel sick
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
will not do; do not; does not
nausea; sickness in the stomach
internal organs; intestines; viscera
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
(special) correspondent (e.g. for a newspaper); representative; delegate
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
sorry; excuse me; thank you
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
to that degree; to that extent; that much