timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
overhasty; rash; premature
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
negative emotions; negative feelings
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
one's way (ahead); one's path
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
stroke; caress; soft (object); dreamlike (object); tender (object)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
by sheer strength; by brute force
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)