on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
opposition party; political opposition; opposition
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
notebook; account book; register
to write down; to record; to register
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
pill; birth-control pill; oral contraceptive; the pill
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
knowing; (an) acquaintance
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
euphoria; eudemonia; euphoric
custom; common practice; habit
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
reconfirmation; double check
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of