passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
drop (e.g. of water); drip
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
outsider; someone outside of a group
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)
to support each other; to support one another
innermost depths of one's heart
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; fervently; intently
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern; to manipulate skillfully
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
commerce; trade; business
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
wooden building; wooden architecture
and (also); both ... and; as well as
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
bomb shelter; dugout; trench
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose