boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
to let down one's hair; to undo hair
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled
forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to look around; to look towards (us)
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to lose sight of; to miss
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
cracks or fissures in the ground
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
pert; tomboyish; impudent; (arch.) gallant; (arch.) chivalrous
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
accurate; correct; precise; exact
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
rest; relaxation; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
whichever one chooses; either way
to develop into a serious incident
to catch (a wild animal or fish); to capture; to hunt; to win (a title, prize, etc.); to conquer
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand