kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
Japan; the (Japanese) empire
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
husband and wife; married couple
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
infancy; childhood; tender age