blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
cognitive impairment; senility; dementia
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one
police officer; policeman; constable
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
nonprofit organization; Not-for-Profit Organization
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
one's house; one's home; one's family
one's (own) house; one's (own) home
river; stream; River; the ... river
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
in the same way as; just like
war; fighting; fierce competition
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
older brother; elder brother
boarding house; school dormitory