pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
woman who puts thick white powder on her neck; low class prostitute
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
private tutor; coach; governess
seeing off and meeting on return
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
119; ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number
to go downhill; to go down a slope
urban areas; the streets; town; city
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding); garbling; illegal character; corrupted text; garbled text
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
underground world; underground society
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
to feel depressed; to be down
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
yell; shout; cry; roar; howl
to mark the end; to spell the end