sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
senior high school student
to ask; to enquire; to query
to push aside; to push one's way through
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
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.)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind)
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to stare back at; to look back at
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
being startled; getting a shock
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
thereupon; shortly thereafter
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
both (people); the two of them
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to step forward; to take a step forward
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
surreptitious glance; looking furtively