mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
consternation; falling into a panic; fluster; confusion; dismay; discomfiture
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
entry into port; arriving in harbor
to happen to meet; to come across
to have a narrow escape from death
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead
necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to break off with (e.g. one's lover); to be sharp enough to cut one's skin (of a new banknote, etc.)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
on board a ship; aboard a ship
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
lake; marsh; wetland; inland waters
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)