to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
Hanako-san (ghost rumoured to haunt school toilet stalls)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
episode; anecdote; vignette
to crawl towards; to creep up to
whispering into a person's ear
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
God; god; ace; king; superior person
stairs; stairway; staircase
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
as usual; as is one's habit
many; much; plenty; hardly
jam-packed; packed in like sardines
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
(electric) torch; flashlight
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
hips; buttocks; backside; hip; trendy; cool
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
burying one's head in the sand (while leaving other parts of one's body exposed); exposing one's weak point while attempting to protect oneself; (lit.) hiding one's head without hiding one's bottom
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider