to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
reading too much into (a statement, etc.)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
river; stream; River; the ... river
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
don't worry about it; forget about it
way; method; means; resource; course
rather than; more ... than ...
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
at that time; in those days
complete stranger; total stranger
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
continuation; succession; series; continuous
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification