to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
street at night; making a night journey
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
Machilus thunbergii (species of laurel)
two (long cylindrical things)
sticking out prominently (usu. something long and thin); rising up
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
limbs; arms and legs; body
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
at once; immediately; right now
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
again and again; repeatedly
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering