another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
resourcefulness; social grace; confidence; life experience
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
Christmas carol; Christmas song
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
anything and everything; just about everything
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
elder sister; effeminate man
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
infancy; childhood; tender age
third year of elementary school; third year elementary school student
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
these guys; these fellows
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)