passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
sudden braking; slamming on the brakes
handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
fast approach; quick intimacy
spin; rotation; spin (in PR, politics, etc.); ribbon bookmark (attached to the binding)
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
(in) the air; midair; sky
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
one edge; one end; one side
fall; drop; descent; coming down
wheel coming off; going off the shoulder (of a road); derailing
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
about this time; about now
one's real father; natural father; biological father
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
consequently; as a result; in the end
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
absence; disregard; indifference
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization
somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely
exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
single-storied house; single-storied building
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule