the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
serious; not joking; straight
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to have a talk; to tell a story
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
that; the matter in question
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
morning fog; morning mist
fishing harbour; fishing harbor
freighter (vessel); cargo ship
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
way one walks; one's walk