festival; feast; carnival
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
primary school; elementary school; grade school
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
that day; the very same day
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(someone else's) child; child; kid
to face; to go towards; to head towards
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
fourth year of elementary school; fourth year elementary school student
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
department store; department
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
door; gate; opening; title page
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces