pardon me for leaving (first)
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
odorless; odourless; unscented
cheese on toast; toasted cheese
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
poker; fire iron used to rake ash
musical program; musical programme
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
older sister; elder sister
bashful person; very shy person
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
Sachertorte; chocolate cake filled with apricot jam and topped with chocolate icing
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
branch road; byroad; side street; digression
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
to become better; to improve
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds