one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
again (and again); once again; yet again
at that time; in those days
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star; UGM-27 Polaris (nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile)
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
curtain; hanging; bunting
submersion; inundation; being flooded
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still